Factors affecting the patch-leaving decision of the parasitic wasp Diadegma semiclausum (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-214

  Ohara, Yoshitsugu ^a   Takafuji, Akio ^a   Takabayashi, Junji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cabbage plants; Diadegma semiclausum; Patch leaving decision; Plutella xylostella; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; DIADEGMA; DIADEGMA SEMICLAUSUM; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; VESPIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 0042879993     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2003.211     Document Type: Article

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