The effects of parasitism by an encyrtid parasitoid, Anagyrus pseudococci on the survival, reproduction and physiological changes of the mealybug, Planococcus citri

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-83

  Islam, K S ^a   Perera, H A S ^b   Copland, M J W ^b  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anagyrus pseudococci; Encyrtidae; Host stage; Mealybugs; Parasitism; Parasitoid; Planococcus citri; Pseudococcidae; Reproduction; Survival

Indexed keywords

CITRUS MEALYBUG; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

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

EID: 0030855650     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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