A simple technique for milking the venom of a small parasitic wasp, Melittobia digitata (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

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Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-218

  Deyrup, Leif D ^a   Matthews, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Paralysis; Parasitoid wasp; Venom milking

Indexed keywords

WASP VENOM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; HEAD; MELITTOBIA DIGITATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASP; ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; EGG LAYING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

EULOPHIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MELITTOBIA; MELITTOBIA DIGITATA; VESPIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; HEAD; OVIPOSITION; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

EID: 0141906319     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(03)00132-6     Document Type: Article

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