Host suitability of different instars of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci 'biotype Q' for Eretmocerus mundus

BioControl

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-161

  Urbaneja, Alberto ^a   Stansly, Philip A ^b  

^a Koppert Biological Systems SL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bemisia tabaci; Developmental rate; Eretmocerus mundus; Host instar; Host suitability; Parasitism; Sex ratio; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HOST QUALITY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SURVIVORSHIP; WHITEFLY;

ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BEMISIA; BEMISIA TABACI; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; ERETMOCERUS; ERETMOCERUS MUNDUS; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 1642407136     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BICO.0000017365.37010.e0     Document Type: Article

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