Effect of time in culture on the suitability of two novel-association pyralid hosts for Cotesia sesamiae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) development

Biological Control

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 116-122

  Alleyne, Marianne ^a   Wiedenmann, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Braconidae; Cotesia; Diatraea; Encapsulation; Host suitability; Novel associations; Parasitoid; Pyralidae

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; BUSSEOLA FUSCA; CHILO; CHILO PARTELLUS; COTESIA; COTESIA SESAMIAE; DIATRAEA; DIATRAEA GRANDIOSELLA; DIATRAEA SACCHARALIS; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0036379320     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(02)00053-1     Document Type: Article

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