Host-plant effects on the behavior of Eretmocerus sp. nr. californicus females raised from melon

Entomophaga

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-26

  Headrick, D H ^a   Bellows, T S ^a   Perring, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Biological control; Natal host plant; Parasitism; Whiteflies

Indexed keywords

ABUTILON THEOPHRASTI; ALEYRODIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; ERETMOCERUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MELO; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; APHELINIDAE; CONVOLVULACEAE; CUCURBITACEAE; ERETMOCERUS CALIFORNICUS; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MALVACEAE;

BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; NATAL HOST PLANT; PARASITISM; SILVERLEAF WHITEFLY;

EID: 0030299236     PISSN: 00138959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02893288     Document Type: Article

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