Identification and characterization of Trichogramma species from south-eastern Australia using the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS-2) region of the ribosomal gene complex

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-240

  Thomson, Linda J ^a   Rundle, Bradley J ^a   Carew, Melissa E ^a   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; ITS 2; PCR of second internal transcribed spacer region; Phylogeny; Trichogramma; Trichogrammatidae

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 2342520103     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2003.00029.x     Document Type: Article

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