Development of the braconid wasp Cotesia congregata in a semi-permissive noctuid host, Trichoplusia ni

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-52

  Beckage, Nancy E ^a   Tan, Frances F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRACONIDAE; COTESIA; COTESIA CONGREGATA; LEPIDOPTERA; TRICHOPLUSIA NI; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036431568     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2011(02)00112-X     Document Type: Article

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