Using superparasitism by a stem borer parasitoid to infer a host refuge

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-12

  Edwards, Owain R ^a   Hopper, Keith R ^a  

^a USDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; DNA markers; Macrocentrus cingulum; Macrocentrus grandii; Ostrinia furnacalis; Ostrinia nubilalis; Parasitism; Polyembryony; Refuge

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; GENOTYPE; PARASITOID;

MACROCENTRUS CINGULUM; OSTRINIA FURNACALIS; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS;

EID: 0032972976     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1999.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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