Effect of Temperature on the Development and Reproduction of a Cereal Aphid Parasitoid, Lysiphlebia mirzai Shuja-Uddin (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-250

  Pandey, Sharmila ^a   Singh, Rajendra ^a  

^a D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; PARASITOID; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LYSIPHLEBIA MIRZAI;

EID: 0032455139     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.1998.10823198     Document Type: Article

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