Host preferences of Trichogramma pretiosum and the influence of prior ovipositional experience on the parasitism of Plutella xylostella and Pseudoplusia includens eggs

BioControl

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 569-583

  Pluke, Richard W H ^a   Leibee, Gary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Host preference; Hymenoptera; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Ovipositional experience; Plutella xylostella; Plutellidae; Pseudoplusia includens; Trichogramma pretiosum; Trichogrammatidae

Indexed keywords

EGG PARASITOID; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; OVIPOSITION; PARASITISM; WASP;

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CHALCIDOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE; PSEUDOPLUSIA INCLUDENS; PYRALIDAE; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA PRETIOSUM; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 33749443856     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-005-1033-3     Document Type: Article

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