Effect of pink pineapple mealybug hosts on Anagyrus ananatis Gahan size and progeny production

Biological Control

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Pandey, Raju R ^a   Johnson, Marshall W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anagyrus ananatis; Dysmicoccus brevipes; Fecundity; Host size; Mummy; Parasite host interaction; Pink pineapple mealybug

Indexed keywords

ANAGYRUS; ANANAS COMOSUS; DYSMICOCCUS BREVIPES; ENCYRTIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 24944436229     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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