Geographic variation in egg load of Microctonus hyperodae loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and its implications for biological control success

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 371-380

  Phillips, C B ^a   Baird, D B ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biological control; Egg load; Fecundity; Geographic population; Geographic variation; Listronotus bonariensis; Microctonus hyperodae; Parasitoid size; Proovigenesis

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EGG LAYING; EGG LOAD; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; NEW ZEALAND; PARASITISM; PEST CONTROL; SPECIES INTRODUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FECUNDITY; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; PEST SPECIES;

NEW ZEALAND;

BRACONIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; EUPHORINAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LISTRONOTUS; LISTRONOTUS BONARIENSIS; MICROCTONUS HYPERODAE;

EID: 0034960732     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150120055781     Document Type: Article

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