Host age choice for oviposition in Pauesia juniperorum (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) and its effect on the parasitoid's biology and host population growth

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 475-486

  Kairo, Moses T K ^a   Murphy, Sean T ^b  

^a CABI Bioscience   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b CABI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphididae; Biological control; Braconidae; Cinara cupressivora; Host age; Parasitoid fitness; Pauesia juniperorum

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DEVELOPMENT; EGG LAYING; GROWTH; HOST; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GROWTH; SIZE; SURVIVAL;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; APHID; CONIFEROUS FOREST; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; OVIPOSITION; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT;

APHIDIDAE; BRACONIDAE; CINARA CUPRESSIVORA; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PAUESIA JUNIPERORUM;

EID: 0033380661     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583159929442     Document Type: Article

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