Life-history and oviposition behaviour of Amitus bennetti, a parasitoid of Bemisia argentifolii

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-189

  Drost, Y C ^a   Qiu, Y T ^a   Posthuma Doodeman, C J A M ^a   Van Lenteren, J C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aleyrodidae; Amitus bennetti; Aphelinidae; Bemi sia; Biological control; Hemiptera; Hymenoptera; Instar preference; Life history; Oviposition behaviour; Parasitoid; Platygasteridae; Whiteflies

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID;

ALEYRODIDAE; AMITUS; AMITUS BENNETTI; APHELINIDAE; BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PLATYGASTERIDAE; PLATYGASTRIDAE; SIA;

EID: 0032932310     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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