Effect of Food Plants on the Numerical Response of Diaeretiella rapae (Mclntosh) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a Parasitoid of Lipaphis erysimi Kalt. (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-77

  Shukla, Amar N ^a   Tripathi, C P M ^a   Singh, R ^a  

^a D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; BRACONIDAE; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; DIAERETIELLA RAPAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; KOELREUTERIA PANICULATA; LIPAPHIS ERYSIMI; VARUNA;

EID: 16944365094     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.1997.10749919     Document Type: Article

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