Functional response and progeny production of the Madeira mealybug parasitoid, Anagyrus sp. nov. nr. sinope: The effects of host and parasitoid densities

Biological Control

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 320-328

  Chong, Juang Horng ^a   Oetting, Ronald D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anagyrus; Biological control; Functional response; Local mate competition; Mutual interference; Numerical response; Phenacoccus madeirensis; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANAGYRUS; PHENACOCCUS MADEIRENSIS; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 33750483572     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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