Spatiotemporal clustering and association of ephestia kuehniella (lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and two of its parasitoids in bulk-stored wheat

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2191-2201

  Athanassiou, C G ^a   Saitanis, C J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Competition; Ephestia kuehniella; Harbobracon hebetor; SADIE; Venturia canescens

Indexed keywords

ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; BRACONIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; KUEHNIELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VENTURIA (ICHNEUMONID WASP); VENTURIA CANESCENS;

EID: 34248670694     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/99.6.2191     Document Type: Article

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