Effect of Euphorbia hirta nectar and its component sugars, upon the survival of bethylid parasitoids of the coffee berry borer

Southwestern Entomologist

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-59

  Damon, Anne ^a   Segura Pacheco, Hector ^a   Valle Mora, Javier ^a   Santiesteban, Antonio ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALONOMIA STEPHANODERIS; EUPHORBIA HIRTA; HYPOTHENEMUS HAMPEI; PROROPS NASUTA;

EID: 0033103236     PISSN: 01471724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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