Is the host or the parasitoid in control?: Effects of host age and temperature on pseudoparasitization by Microplitis rufiventris in Spodoptera littoralis

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 577-584

  Khafagi, Wedad E ^a   Hegazi, Esmat M ^b  

^a Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

^b Alexandria University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Host age; Microplitis rufiventris; Pseudoparasitization; Spodoptera littoralis; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITISM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; SPODOPTERA; TEMPERATURE;

MICROPLITIS; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 3042786470     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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