Effect of host diet on acceptance of eastern spruce budworm eggs by Trichogramma minutum

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-47

  Song, S J ^a,c   Bourchier, R S ^b   Smith, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea; Biological control; Choristoneura fumiferana; Egg parasitoid; Host acceptance; Preference; Trichogramma minutum

Indexed keywords

EASTERN SPRUCE BUDWORM; EGG ACCEPTANCE; HOST DIET; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITISM;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PICEA; TORTRICIDAE; TRICHOGRAMMA MINUTUM; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0030877898     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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