Effect of three food plants of lipaphis erysimi kalt. (hemiptera: Aphididae) on the area of discovery and killing capacity of its parasitoid, diaeretilla rapae (mcintosh) (hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-69

  Shukla, A N ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHID; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FOOD SELECTION; PARASITOID; PEST CONTROL;

BRASSICA CAMPESTRIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA; DIAERETIELLA RAPAE; LIPAPHIS ERYSIMI; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 0034907919     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2001.9754909     Document Type: Article

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