Egg maturation in the parasitoid Fopius arisanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): Do host-associated stimuli promote ovarian development?

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 571-578

  Wang, Xin Geng ^a   Messing, Russell H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg maturation; Fopius arisanus; Host stimuli; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

EGG; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; MATURATION; OVIPOSITION;

BRACONIDAE; FOPIUS ARISANUS; HYMENOPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0242349616     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2003)096[0571:EMITPF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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