Effect of insectary rearing on host preference and oviposition behavior of the fruit fly parasitoid Diachasmimorpha longicaudata

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-218

  Bautista, Renato C ^a   Harris, Ernest J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Braconidae; Diachasmimorpha longicaudata; Fruit fly parasitoid; Host acceptance; Hymenoptera; Oviposition preference

Indexed keywords

DIACHASMIMORPHA LONGICAUDATA; BACTROCERA DORSALIS; BRACONIDAE; CARICA PAPAYA; CARICACEAE; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; POACEAE; TEPHRITIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

DIET; HOST PREFERENCE; INSECTARY; ORIENTAL FRUIT FLY; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID;

EID: 0030616768     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00174.x     Document Type: Article

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