How host larval age, and nutrition and density of the parasitoid Dinarmus basalis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) influence control of Acanthoscelides obtectus (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-150

  Schmale, I ^a   Wackers F L ^b   Cardona, C ^c   Dorn, S ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c Ctro Internacional de Agric Trop   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION;

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BEAN; BEETLE; COLOMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; TIME; WASP;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BEETLES; COLOMBIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; PHASEOLUS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS; WASPS;

ACANTHOSCELIDES OBTECTUS; BRUCHINAE; COLEOPTERA; DINARMUS BASALIS; HYMENOPTERA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PTEROMALIDAE;

EID: 17444372422     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2004345     Document Type: Article

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