Effects of age and host number on reproductive biology of allorhogas pyralophagus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) attacking the mexican rice borer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 129-135

  Harbison, J L ^a   Legaspi, J C ^a   Fabritius, S L ^a   Saldana R R ^a   Legaspi B C , Jr ^a   Enkegaard, A ^a  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allorhogas pyralophagus; Eoreuma loftini; Functional response; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HOST; PARASITISM; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PROGENY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

AGE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HOST; PARASITOID; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ALLORHOGAS PYRALOPHAGUS; BRACONIDAE; EOREUMA LOFTINI; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0034759842     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-30.1.129     Document Type: Article

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