Reproductive isolation and genetic variation between two 'strains' of Bracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 149-156

  Heimpel, George E ^a   Antolin, Michael F ^b   Franqui, Rosa A ^a,c   Strand, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Agricultural Experiment Station   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Biological control; Bracon hebetor; Cryptic species; Heliothis virescens; Plodia interpunctella

Indexed keywords

BRACON HEBETOR; BRACONIDAE; HELICOVERPA; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0031195213     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1997.0529     Document Type: Article

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