Host preference and progeny sex ratio in a solitary koinobiont mealybug endoparasitoid, Anagyrus pseudococci (Girault), in response to its host stage

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 449-456

  Islam, K S ^a,b   Copland, M J W ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Anagyrus pseudococci; Emergence; Encyrtidae; Host size; Mealybugs; Parasitization; Parasitoid; Planococcus citri; Preference; Pseudococcidae; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

CITRUS MEALYBUG; ENDOPARASITOID; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST STAGE; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; PROGENY SEX RATIO;

ANAGYRUS; ANAGYRUS PSEUDOCOCCI; CITRUS; COCCOIDEA; ENCYRTIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PLANOCOCCUS CITRI; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 0030722589     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583159730857     Document Type: Article

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