Effects of host pupal age on host preference and host suitability in Brachymeria lasus (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-102

  Husni, ^a   Kainoh, Yooichi ^b   Honda, Hiroshi ^b  

^a SYIAH KUALA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachymeria lasus; Chalcididae; Host age; Host suitability; Mythimna separata

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035531969     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2001.97     Document Type: Article

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