Chemically-mediated attraction of three parasitoid species to mealybug-infested cassava leaves

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 383-395

  Bertschy, Catherine ^a   Turlings, Ted C J ^a,c   Bellotti, Anthony C ^a,b   Dorn, Silvia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acerophagus coccois; Aenasius vexans; Apoanagyrus (Epidinocarsis) diversicornis; Cassava (Manihot esculenta); Host location; Semiochemicals

Indexed keywords

ACEROPHAGUS; ACEROPHAGUS COCCOIS; AENASIUS; AENASIUS VEXANS; APOANAGYRUS; APOANAGYRUS DIVERSICORNIS; ENCYRTIDAE; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PHENACOCCUS; PHENACOCCUS HERRENI; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; STERNORRHYNCHA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0030847616     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3495771     Document Type: Article

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