Influence of host diet on parasitoid fitness: Unravelling the complexity of a temperate pastoral agroecosystem

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-71

  Urrutia C, Mauricio A ^a,c   Wade, Mark R ^a   Phillips, Craig B ^b   Wratten, Steve D ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^c Dow AgroSciences SA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Argentine stem weevil; Biological control; Braconidae; Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Endophyte; Hymenoptera; Integrated pest management; Listronotus bonariensis; Microctonus hyperodae; Multitrophic level interactions; Neotyphodium lolii; Nutrition; Pollen

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ALKALOID; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENDOPHYTE; FITNESS; FUNGUS; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; PARASITOID; PASTORALISM; POLLEN; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

BRACONIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LISTRONOTUS BONARIENSIS; LOLIUM; MICROCTONUS HYPERODAE; NEOTYPHODIUM LOLII;

EID: 33947104906     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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