Inter- and intraspecific effects of volatile and nonvolatile sex pheromones on males, mating behavior, and hybridization in Eretmocerus mundus and E. eremicus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 745-759

  Ardeh, Mohammad Javad ^a,b   De Jong, Peter W ^a   Loomans, Antoon J M ^a   Van Lenteren, Joop C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PLANT PESTS AND DISEASES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arrhenotoky; Biological control; Courtship; Thelytoky; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; BEMISIA TABACI; ERETMOCERUS EREMICUS; ERETMOCERUS MUNDUS; EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA; HYMENOPTERA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 18644375382     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOIR.0000048986.16676.8a     Document Type: Article

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