Preference of the aphid parasitoid Monoctonus paulensis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Aphidiinae) for different aphid species: Female choice and offspring survival

Biological Control

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 30-38

  Chau, Amanda ^a   Mackauer, Manfred ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Aphidiinae; Aphids; Braconidae; Host choice; Macrosiphum creelii; Metopolophium dirhodum; Monoctonus paulensis; Offspring survival; Parasitoid; Sitobion avenae; Specificity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BODY SIZE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVAL STAGE; PARASITISM; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; MACROSIPHUM CREELII; METOPOLOPHIUM DIRHODUM; MONOCTONUS PAULENSIS; SITOBION AVENAE;

EID: 0035146564     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.2000.0881     Document Type: Article

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