Influence of rearing host on adult size and ovipositional behavior of mass produced female Trichogramma minutum Riley and Trichogramma pretiosum Riley (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-48

  Greenberg, S M ^a,d   Nordlund, Donald A ^b,d   Wu, Zhixin ^c,d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KIKA DE LA GARZA SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial egg; Factitious host; Female size; Oviposition; Oviposition stimulus; Trichogramma

Indexed keywords

TRICHOGRAMMA MINUTUM; TRICHOGRAMMA PRETIOSUM;

EID: 0031973123     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1997.0582     Document Type: Article

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