Role of surface chemicals in egg cannibalism and intraguild predation by neonates of two aphidophagous ladybirds, Propylea dissecta and Coccinella transversalis

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 128, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 691-695

  Pervez, Omkar A ^a   Gupta, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Coccinella transversalis; Coccinellidae; Egg cannibalism; Intraguild predation; Propylea dissecta

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; CHEMICAL CUE; EGG; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

COCCINELLA; COCCINELLA TRANSVERSALIS; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PROPYLEA; PROPYLEA DISSECTA;

EID: 11144265358     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2004.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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