Effect of host plants on fecundity and development of Apoanagyrus lopezi, and endoparasitoid of the cassava mealybug Phenacoccus manihoti

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-238

  Souissi, R ^a   Le Ru B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Abidjan   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

antibiosis; Apoanagyrus lopezi; Cassava; Encyrtidae; Phenacoccus manihoti; Pseudococcidae; tritrophic levels

Indexed keywords

APOANAGYRUS; APOANAGYRUS LOPEZI; ENCYRTIDAE; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PHENACOCCUS; PHENACOCCUS MANIHOTI; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 0030903295     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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