Effect of host availability and egg load in Trichogramma platneri Nagarkatti (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) and its consequences on progeny quality

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 413-422

  Hohmann, Celso L ^a,b   Luck, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biological control; Reproductive success; Somatic gametic trade off

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944396530     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132004000300012     Document Type: Article

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