Effect of host diet on the immature developmental time, fecundity, sex ratio, adult longevity, and size of Apanteles galleriae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 168-171

  Uçkan, Fevzi ^a   Ergin, Ekrem ^a  

^a BALIKESIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adult size; Apanteles galleriae; Fecundity sex ratio; Food quality; Immature development; Longevity

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIET; FECUNDITY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LONGEVITY; SEX RATIO;

ACHROIA GRISELLA; APANTELES; APANTELES GALLERIAE; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0036488284     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.1.168     Document Type: Article

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