Influence of initial egg density and host size on the development of the gregarious parasitoid Bracon hebetor on three different host species

BioControl

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 415-428

  Milonas, Panagiotis G ^a,b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adoxophyes orana; Bracon hebetor; Braconidae; Host quality; Larval competition; Lobesia botrana; Plodia interpunctella

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FITNESS; HOST SELECTION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION;

ADOXOPHYES; ADOXOPHYES ORANA; BRACON HEBETOR; BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LOBESIA BOTRANA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; PYRALIDAE; TORTRICIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 18844390985     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-004-2837-2     Document Type: Article

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