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

Biological Control

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-85

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Functional response; Host stage selection; Host parasitoid interactions; Numerical response; Phenacoccus madeirensis

Indexed keywords

ANAGYRUS; ENCYRTIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PHENACOCCUS MADEIRENSIS; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE;

EID: 33847620234     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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