Effects of feeding on reproduction and overwintering in female adults of Ooencyrtus nezarae Ishii (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 361-367

  Teraoka, Takeshi ^a   Numata, Hideharu ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult feeding; Longevity; Ooencyrtus nezarae; Ovarian development; Parasitoid wasp

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034345760     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2000.361     Document Type: Article

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