Host size induced variation in progeny sex ratio of an aphid parasitoid Lysiphlebia mirzai

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-67

  Pandey, Sharmila ^a   Singh, Rajendra ^a  

^a D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aphid; Aphididae; Biocontrol; Braconidae; Host size; Lysiphlebia mirzai; Parasitoid; Rhopalosiphum maidis; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; HOST QUALITY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; SEX RATIO;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIINAE; ARTHROPODA; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LYSIPHLEBIA; LYSIPHLEBIA MIRZAI; RHOPALOSIPHUM MAIDIS;

EID: 0032923603     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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