Use of malic enzyme to detect hybrids between Torymus sinensis and T. beneficus (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) attacking Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) and possibility of natural hybridization

Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-208

  Izawa, Hiroki ^a   Osakabe, Mh ^b   Moriya, Seiichi ^c,d   Toda, Satoshi ^b  

^a Tottori Horticultural Experiment Station   (Japan)

^b Fruit Tree Research Station   (Japan)

^c National Institute of Fruit Tree Science   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hybridization; Malic enzyme; Parasitoid; Torymus beneficus; Torymus sinensis

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444439867     PISSN: 00214914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/jjaez.40.205     Document Type: Article

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