Factors affecting parasitism by Microctonus aethiopoides (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and parasitoid development in natural and novel host species

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 245-253

  Barratt, B I P ^a   Johnstone, P D ^a  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC COMPATIBILITY; HOST; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NEW ZEALAND; PARASITISM; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; SURVIVAL;

HOST RANGE; HOST SELECTION; PARASITISM; PARASITOID;

BRACONIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MICROCTONUS AETHIOPOIDES; NICAEANA CERVINA; RHINOCYLLUS CONICUS; SITONA DISCOIDEUS; SITONA LEPIDUS;

EID: 0034869854     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2001114     Document Type: Article

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