Functional response and mutual interference of Diaeretiella rapae (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) on Brevicoryne brassicae (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Entomologica Fennica

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 90-97

  Fathipour, Yaghoub ^a   Hosseini, Ali ^a   Talebi, Ali Asghar ^a   Moharramipour, Saeid ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIINAE; ARTHROPODA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BREVICORYNE BRASSICAE; DIAERETIELLA RAPAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 33745844794     PISSN: 07858760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33338/ef.84293     Document Type: Article

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