Host color preferences and short-range searching behavior of the egg parasitoid Trichogramma ostriniae

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 127-134

  Lobdell, Claire E ^a   Yong, Tze Hei ^a   Hoffmann, Michael P ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Crambidae; Host acceptance; Host suitability; Hymenoptera; Lepidoptera; Non target effects; Ostrinia nubilalis; Trichogrammatidae; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

COLOR; EGG PARASITOID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST PREFERENCE;

CRAMBINAE; GRAMMA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; TRICHOGRAMMA OSTRINIAE; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 27744519840     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2005.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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