Age-stage, two-sex life tables of Aphidius gifuensis (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and its host Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Homoptera: Aphididae) with mathematical proof of the relationship between female fecundity and the net reproductive rate

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-21

  Chi, Hsin ^a,b   Su, Haw Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Box 17 25 ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aphidius gifuensis (Ashmead); Life table; Myzus persicae (Sulzer); Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; DATA SET; FECUNDITY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INSECT; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE TABLE; NUMERICAL METHOD; PARASITISM; SEX RATIO;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS GIFUENSIS; BRACONIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MYZUS PERSICAE;

EID: 33750211828     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.1.10     Document Type: Article

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