Behavior and performance of a specialist and a generalist parasitoid of bruchids on wild and cultivated beans

Biological Control

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 220-228

  Campan, E ^a,b   Benrey, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bean; Dinarmus basalis; Domestication; Generalist; Host suitability; Parasitoid; Performance; Phaseolus vulgaris; Specialist; Stenocorse bruchivora

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DINARMUS BASALIS; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PTEROMALIDAE; STENOCORSE BRUCHIVORA; VESPIDAE; VIGNA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 2342639668     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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