Basic biology and small-scale rearing of Celatoria compressa (Diptera: Tachinidae), a parasitoid of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 569-575

  Zhang, F ^a   Toepfer, S ^a   Kuhlmann, U ^a  

^a CABI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; PARASITOID; PEST CONTROL; REARING;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BREEDING; FEMALE; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BREEDING; DIPTERA; FEMALE; MALE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ZEA MAYS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; TACHINIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0346127459     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2003264     Document Type: Article

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