Effects of host age, female parasitoid age, and host plant on parasitism of Ceratogramma etiennei (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-82

  Amalin, Divina M ^a,b   Peña, Jorge E ^a   Duncan, Rita E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratogramma etiennei; Diaprepes abbreviatus; Host age; Host plants; Host preference; Host finding behavior; Parasitism; Parasitoid age

Indexed keywords

PARASITISM;

DIAPREPES ABBREVIATUS; HYMENOPTERA; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 18044378789     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2005)088[0077:EOHAFP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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