Growth and development of Encarsia formosa (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) in the Greenhouse Whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae): Effect of host age

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 125-136

  Hu, Jing S ^a   Gelman, Dale B ^a   Blackburn, Michael B ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Encarsia formosa; Greenhouse whitefly; Host parasite interactions; Parasitoid development; Parasitoid morphology

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; ARTHROPODA; ENCARSIA; ENCARSIA FORMOSA; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; TRIALEURODES VAPORARIORUM; VESPIDAE;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; LONGEVITY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WASP;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEMIPTERA; LONGEVITY; WASPS;

EID: 0036515664     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.10015     Document Type: Article

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