Fertility, longevity and intrinsic rate of increase of Aphidius gifuensis Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-117

  Ohta, Izumi ^a,b   Ohtaishi, Makoto ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aphidius gifuensis; Fertility; Intrinsic rate of increase; Longevity; Myzus persicae

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS; BRACONIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MYZUS; MYZUS PERSICAE; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 1942536654     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2004.113     Document Type: Article

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