Interspecific competition between two parasitoids of Helicoverpa zea: Eucelatoria bryani and E. rubentis

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-234

  Reitz, Stuart R ^a,b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diptera; Eucelatoria bryani; Eucelatoria rubentis; Helicoverpa zea; Host discrimination; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Parasitoid competition; Tachinidae

Indexed keywords

CORN EARWORM; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

DIPTERA; EUCELATORIA BRYANI; EUCELATORIA RUBENTIS; HELICOVERPA ZEA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 0030479716     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00830.x     Document Type: Article

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