Host-age effects on oviposition behavior and development of Oomyzus sokolowskii (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a larval-pupal parasitoid of Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 367-372

  Nakamura, Akiko ^a   Noda, Takashi ^b  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development time; Host age; Oomyzus sokolowskii; Oviposition behavior; Plutella xylostella

Indexed keywords

EULOPHIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; OOMYZUS SOKOLOWSKII; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; TETRASTICHUS; VESPIDAE; YPONOMEUTIDAE;

EID: 0035539117     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2001.367     Document Type: Article

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