Evidence of host discrimination by Microctonus hyperodae loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Euphorinae), a parasitoid of the argentine stem weevil Listronotus bonariensis (Kuschel) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-90

  McNeill, M R ^a   Goldson, S L ^a   Baird, D B ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Argentine stem weevil; Host discrimination; Host discrimination models; Inter ecotypic; Intra ecotypic; Listronotus bonariensis; Microctonus hyperodae

Indexed keywords

HOST DISCRIMINATION; PARASITOID;

BRACONIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LISTRONOTUS BONARIENSIS; MICROCTONUS HYPERODAE;

EID: 0030478393     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583159650039548     Document Type: Article

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