Host preference of Trichogramma dendrolimi (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) on its native host, Mamestra brassicae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) after 12 continuous generations on a factitious host

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 213-218

  Takada, Yoichi ^a   Kawamura, Satoshi ^a   Tanaka, Toshiharu ^b  

^a Gifu Prefectural Institute for Bio Industrial Technology   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological control; Host preference; Trichogramma dendrolimi

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035534071     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2001.213     Document Type: Article

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