Host choice by Aphidius colemani: Effects of plants, plant-aphid combinations and the presence of intra-guild predators

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-336

  Bilu, Einat ^a   Hopper, Keith R ^b   Coll, Moshe ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphidius colemani; Aphids; Coccinella undecimpunctata; Host choice; Intra guild predation; Risk of predation

Indexed keywords

APHID; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; PARASITOID; PREDATION RISK; REARING; WASP;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS COLEMANI; APHIS GOSSYPII; AVES; COCCINELLA UNDECIMPUNCTATA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MYZUS PERSICAE; PRUNUS PERSICA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33746267170     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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