Life table parameters and oviposition dynamics of various populations of the predacious gall-midge Aphidoletes aphidimyza

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 481-484

  Havelka, Jan ^a   Zemek, Rostislav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aphidoletes aphidimyza; Biological control of aphids; Cecidomyiidae; Intraspecific variability; Life tables; Oviposition dynamics; Quality of biological control agents

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; APHIDOLETES APHIDIMYZA; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI;

EID: 0032854517     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00517.x     Document Type: Article

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