Effect of diapause and developmental host species on the circadian locomotor activity rhythm of Trichogramma brassicae females

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-234

  Pompanon, François ^a   Boulétreau, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

diapause; Ephestia kuehniella; locomotor activity circadian rhythm; Ostrinia nubilalis; parasitoid; Trichogramma brassicae

Indexed keywords

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; EPHESTIA; KUEHNIELLA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; TRICHOGRAMMA BRASSICAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030971554     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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