Life history parameters and biocontrol potential of the mealybug parasitoid Coccidoxenoides peregrinus (Timberlake) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): Asexuality, fecundity and ovipositional patterns

Biological Control

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-244

  Ceballo, F A ^a,b   Walter, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Coccidoxenoides peregrinus; Encapsulation; Fecundity; Host suitability; Parthenogenesis; Planococcus citri; Pro ovigenic; Synovigenic

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; COCCIDOXENOIDES PEREGRINUS; ENCYRTIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PEREGRINUS; PLANOCOCCUS CITRI; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0348195883     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(03)00151-8     Document Type: Article

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