Olfactory orientation of the parasitoid wasp lysiphlebus fabarum to its host food plants1)

Insect Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 74-82

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Guo, Bingqun ^a   Hou, Zhaoyuan ^a   Chen, Xiong ^a   Yan, Fushun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological control; Lysiphlebus fabarurn; Olfactory orientation; Semiochemicals; Tritropic system; Volatile attractant

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142854150     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.1998.tb00300.x     Document Type: Article

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