The feeding behavior of 6Trichogramma brassicae: New evidence for selective ingestion of solid food

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Wu, Z X ^a   Cohen, A C ^b   Nordlund, Donald A ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Entomophagous insects; Extra oral digestion; Hymenoptera; Parasitoids; Trichogrammatidae

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD SELECTION; LARVA;

HYMENOPTERA; TRICHOGRAMMA BRASSICAE; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 0033923424     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2000.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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