Competition between Gyranusoidea tebygi and Anagyrus mangicola, parasitoids of the mango mealybug, Rastrococcus invadens: Interspecific host discrimination and larval competition

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-185

  Bokonon Ganta, A H ^a   Van Alphen, J J M ^b   Neuenschwander, P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anagyrus mangicola; Biological control; Competition; Gyranusoidea tebygi; Interspecific discrimination; Parasitoids; Rastrococcus invadens

Indexed keywords

HOST DISCRIMINATION; MANGO MEALYBUG;

ANAGYRUS MANGICOLA; ENCYRTIDAE; GYRANUSOIDEA TEBYGI; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; RASTROCOCCUS INVADENS;

EID: 0030453442     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00824.x     Document Type: Article

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