Calyx fluid proteins of two Cotesia sesamiae (Cameron) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) biotypes in Kenya: Implications to biological control of the stem borer Busseola fusca (Fuller) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 433-441

  Gitau, Catherine W ^a   Dupas, Stéphane ^b   Ngi Song, Adèle J ^c   Mbugi, Jenard P ^d   Schulthess, Fritz ^a  

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

^b France and University of Paris Sud   (France)

^c Kenyatta University ^*  (Canada)

^d KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Busseola fusca; Cotesia sesamiae; Endoparasitoid; Stem borer

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; BUSSEOLA FUSCA; COTESIA SESAMIAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 33846682265     PISSN: 00379271     EISSN: 21686351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2006.10697476     Document Type: Article

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