Host age preference of Microplitis mediator (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), an endoparasitoid of Mythimna separata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Biological Control

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-261

  Li, Jiancheng ^a,b   Coudron, Thomas A ^c   Pan, Wenliang ^a   Liu, Xiaoxia ^b   Lu, Ziyun ^a   Zhang, Qingwen ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CEREAL AND OIL CROPS   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Host age preference; Microplitis mediator; Mythimna separata; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROPLITIS MEDIATOR; MYTHIMNA; MYTHIMNA SEPARATA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 33750431673     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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