Volatile cues used by the parasitoid, Aphytis melinus, for host location: California red scale revisited

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 235-245

  Morgan, David J W ^a   Hare, J Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aonidiella aurantii; Aphytis melinus; Foraging behavior; Host location; Olfactometer

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; CHEMICAL CUE; HOST LOCATION; PARASITOID; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

AONIDIELLA AURANTII; AONIDIELLA MELINUS; APHELINIDAE; APHYTIS MELINUS; CITRUS LIMON; DIASPIDIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0031743872     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1998.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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