Host finding and host discrimination ability in Anaphes nitens Girault, an egg parasitoid of the Eucalyptus snout-beetle Gonipterus scutellatus Gyllenhal

Biological Control

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-33

  Santolamazza Carbone, Serena ^a   Rodríguez Illamola, Arnau ^a   Rivera, Adolfo Cordero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological control; Experience; Host age; Host quality; Learning; Mymaridae; Oviposition behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANAPHES NITENS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; EUCALYPTUS; GONIPTERUS; GONIPTERUS SCUTELLATUS; MYMARIDAE;

EID: 0346403401     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(03)00134-8     Document Type: Article

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