Host stage preference and sex allocation in Aenasius vexans, an encyrtid parasitoid of the cassava mealybug

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 283-291

  Bertschy, Catherine ^a   Turlings, Ted C J ^b   Bellotti, Anthony ^c   Dorn, Silvia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Aenasius vexans; Biological control; Encyrtidae; Host size; Koinobiont; Parasitoid; Preference; Sex allocation; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HOST PREFERENCE; PARASITOID; SEX ALLOCATION;

AENASIUS VEXANS; ENCYRTIDAE; HOMOPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PHENACOCCUS HERRENI; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 0034131236     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2000.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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