Kairomone involvement in the host specificity of the egg parasitoid Trissolcus basalis (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 311-318

  Salerno, Gianandrea ^a   Conti, Eric ^a   Peri, Ezio ^b   Colazza, Stefano ^b   Bin, Ferdinando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Egg parasitoid; Host selection; Host specificity; Kairomone; Pentatomidae; Scelionidae; Trissolcus basalis

Indexed keywords

EGG PARASITOID; HOST SPECIFICITY; KAIROMONE;

EURYDEMA VENTRALE; GRAPHOSOMA; HETEROPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MURGANTIA HISTRIONICA; NEZARA VIRIDULA; PENTATOMIDAE; SCELIONIDAE; TRISSOLCUS BASALIS;

EID: 33744456745     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2006.040     Document Type: Article

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