Overwintering survival, starvation resistance, and post-diapause reproductive performance of Nezara viridula (L.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and its parasitoid Trichopoda giacomellii Blanchard (Diptera: Tachinidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-148

  Coombs, Marc ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diapause; New associations; Nezara viridula; Parasitism; Reproductive performance; Starvation resistance; Trichopoda giacomellii

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; NEZARA; NEZARA VIRIDULA; PENTATOMIDAE; TACHINIDAE; TRICHOPODA; TRICHOPODA GIACOMELLII;

EID: 2342641581     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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