Field dispersal and host location of Trichogramma brassicae is influenced by wing size but not wing shape

Biological Control

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Kölliker Ott, Ursula M ^a,b   Bigler, Franz ^b   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Centroid size; Dispersal; Egg parasitoid; Ephestia kuehniella; European corn borer; Field fitness; Field performance; Mass rearing; Ostrinia nubilalis; Procrustes superimposition; Quality control; Trichogramma brassicae; Wing shape; Wing size

Indexed keywords

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; KUEHNIELLA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; PROCRUSTES; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA BRASSICAE; VESPIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 3242729518     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2004.04.018     Document Type: Article

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