In vitro rearing of the larval endoparasitoid, Venturia canescens (Gravenhorst) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). III growth promoting ability of extract of Galleria mellonella pupae

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-99

  Nakahara, Yuichi ^a   Iwabuchi, Kikuo ^a   Mitsuhashi, Jun ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoparasitoid; Host factor; In vitro rearing; Pupal extract; Venturia canescens

Indexed keywords

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; INSECTA; VENTURIA CANESCENS;

EID: 3042861498     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.32.91     Document Type: Article

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