Acceptance and suitability of Acyrthosiphon pisum and Sitobion avenae as hosts of the aphid parasitoid Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-53

  Daza Bustamante, Pauline ^a   Fuentes Contreras, Eduardo ^b   Niemeyer, Hermann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Aphidius ervi; Host acceptance; Host quality; Performance; Sitobion avenae

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; BODY SIZE; HOST QUALITY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION;

ACYRTHOSIPHON; ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS; APHIDIUS ERVI; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PISUM; SITOBION AVENAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0037985461     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2003.010     Document Type: Article

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