Comparative studies on the influence of relative humidity and temperature on life table parameters of two populations of Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 595-605

  Getu, Emana ^a   Overholt, William A ^b   Kairu, E ^c  

^a ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cotesia flavipes; Life table; Optimization; Relative humidity; Release; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; LIFE TABLE; PARASITOID; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE;

BRACONIDAE; CHILO; CHILO PARTELLUS; COTESIA; COTESIA FLAVIPES; CRAMBINAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 3042723723     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150410001682322     Document Type: Article

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