Effects of Wolbachia-targeted tetracycline on a host-parasitoid-symbiont interaction

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 669-674

  Puttaraju, Hosagavi P ^a   Prakash, Bandekodigenahalli M ^a  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Commercial characters; Cytoplasmic incompatibility; Exorista sorbillans; Fecundity; Tachinidae; Tetracycline; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ENDOSYMBIONT; FECUNDITY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION;

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

EID: 30444461499     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2005.095     Document Type: Article

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