Effects of Wolbachia in the uzifly, Exorista sorbillans, a parasitoid of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Puttaraju, H P ^a   Prakash, B M ^a  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic incompatibility; Fecundity; Sex ratio; Sterility; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

BOMBYCIDAE; BOMBYX MORI; DIPTERA; EXORISTA BOMBYCIS; EXORISTA SORBILLANS; LEPIDOPTERA; RICKETTSIA; TACHINIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 27844449011     PISSN: 15362442     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jis/5.1.30     Document Type: Article

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