Effect of host diet on the development of the solitary egg-larval parasitoid Chelonus oculator in superparasitized Ephestia kuehniella

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 338-346

  Ozkan, Cem ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chelonus oculator; Egg larval parasitoid; Ephestia kuehniella; Host diet parasitoid; Superparasitism; Tritrophic level

Indexed keywords

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; BRACONIDAE; CHELONUS; HYMENOPTERA; KUEHNIELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33748425889     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02981019     Document Type: Article

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