Influence of wheat and oat cultivars on the development of the cereal aphid parasitoid Aphidius rhopalosiphi and the generalist aphid parasitoid Ephedrus plagiator

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-187

  Fuentes Contreras, J E ^a,b   Powell, W ^b   Wadhams, L J ^b   Pickett, J A ^b   Niemeyer, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphidius; Biocontrol; Hydroxamic acids; Plant resistance; Sitobion; Tritrophic interactions; Wheat

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS; APHIDIUS RHOPALOSIPHI; BRACONIDAE; EPHEDRUS PLAGIATOR; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; SITOBION; SITOBION AVENAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; AVENA SATIVA; HOMOPTERA; POACEAE;

CEREAL APHID; OAT; PARASITOID; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION; WHEAT;

EID: 0030299257     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1996.tb05742.x     Document Type: Article

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