Effect of biotic and abiotic factors on reproductive parameters of the synovigenic endoparasitoid Venturia canescens

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 268-275

  Eliopoulos, Panagiotis A ^a   Harvey, Jeff A ^b   Athanassiou, Christos G ^a   Stathas, George J ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KALAMATA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Egg load; Egg resorption; Ephestia kuehniella; Female reproductive system; Host deprivation; Pyralidae; Synovigeny; Venturia canescens

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PARASITOID; REPRODUCTION; RESORPTION;

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; KUEHNIELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE; VENTURIA CANESCENS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0347567057     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2003.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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