Mating and oviposition experience influence odor learning in Leptopilina boulardi (Hymenoptera: Eucoilidae), a parasitoid of Drosophila

Biological Control

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 154-159

  Pérez Maluf, Raquel ^a   Kaiser, Laure ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Behavior; Genetic; Host selection; Insect parasitoid; Learning; Mating; Olfaction; Oviposition; Physiological state; Variability

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EGG LAYING; LEARNING PROCESS; MATING; ODOR; PARASITOID;

DROSOPHILA; EUCOILIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPTOPILINA BOULARDI;

EID: 0032007742     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1997.0586     Document Type: Article

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