Parasitism of Plutella xylostella L. feeding on a new host plant

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1350-1357

  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

Diamondback moth; Enemy free space; Host shift; Parasitoids; Pisum sativum

Indexed keywords

CROP PEST; HOST PLANT; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; MOTH; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; POPULATION DENSITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; KENYA; KENYA RIFT; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ASCOCHYTA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ACEPHALA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; DIADEGMA SEMICLAUSUM; LEPIDOPTERA; OOMYZUS SOKOLOWSKII; PISUM SATIVUM; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE;

EID: 33845271423     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2006)35[1350:POPXLF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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