Effects of Vitamin E concentrations on sex ratio of Pimpla turionellae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) adults

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 336-339

  Coskun M ^a   Ozalp P ^a   Emre, Iskender ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adult emergence; Pimpla turionellae; Sex ratio; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

SEX RATIO; VITAMIN;

HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; PIMPLA; PIMPLA TURIONELLAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 18944386735     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098[0336:EOVECO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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