Insemination potential of male Trichogramma evanescens

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 181-186

  Jacob, Sébastien ^a,b   Boivin, Guy ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Egg parasitoid; Hymenoptera; Male insemination capacity; Sperm production; Trichogramma evanescens; Trichogrammatidae

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; PARASITOID; PARTHENOGENESIS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPERM;

HYMENOPTERA; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA EVANESCENS; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 11144237715     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-8703.2004.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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