Using hosts of mixed sizes to reduce male-biased sex ratio in the parasitoid wasp, Diglyphus isaea

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 193-199

  Chow, Andrew ^a   Heinz, Kevin M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agromyzidae; Biological control; Diptera; Eulophidae; Hymenoptera; Leafminer; Liriomyza; Mass rearing; Parasitoid behavior; Sex allocation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LEAFMINER; PARASITOID; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEX RATIO; WASP;

AGROMYZIDAE; CHRYSANTHEMUM; CHRYSANTHEMUM X MORIFOLIUM; DIGLYPHUS ISAEA; DIPTERA; EULOPHIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LIRIOMYZA HUIDOBRENSIS;

EID: 33645115786     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2005.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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