Host shift to peas in the diamondback moth Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) and response of its parasitoid Diadegma mollipla (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 413-419

  Rossbach, A ^a,b   Lohr B ^b   Vidal, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Crucifers; Diadegma mollipla; Diamondback moth; Host shift; Kenya; Pisium sativum; Plutella xylostella

Indexed keywords

HOST PLANT; HOST SELECTION; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LEGUME; MOTH; PARASITISM;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; DIADEGMA MOLLIPLA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PISUM SATIVUM; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE; SATIVUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PEA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; PEAS;

EID: 33750605120     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2006445     Document Type: Article

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