Flight response of Habrobracon hebetor (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in a wind tunnel to volatiles associated with infestations of Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-150

  Parra, J R P ^a   Vinson, S B ^b   Gomes, S M ^a   Consoli F L ^a  

^a Esc Sup Agric Luiz de Quieroz   (Brazil)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biological control; host location; kairomone; learning; parasitoid biology

Indexed keywords

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; BRACONIDAE; EPHESTIA; EPHESTIA KUEHNIELLA; HABROBRACON HEBETOR; HYMENOPTERA; KUEHNIELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0030130503     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0018     Document Type: Article

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