Morphometry of the midgut epithelium of Diatraea saccharalis Fabricius, 1794 (Lepidoptera) parasitized by Cotesia flavipes Cameron, 1891 (Hymenoptera)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-62

  Pinheiro, Daniela O ^a   Silva, Reinaldo J ^a   Gregório, Elisa A ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Lepidoptera; Midgut; Morphometry; Parasitism; Sugarcane borer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYMENOPTERA; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HYMENOPTERA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA;

COTESIA FLAVIPES; DIATRAEA SACCHARALIS; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 33747336155     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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