Progeny quality of Gonatocerus ashmeadi (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) reared on stored eggs of Homalodisca coagulata (Hemipterá: Cicadellidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 685-694

  Chen, Wen Long ^a   Leopold, Roger A ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold storage; Egg parasitoid; Fitness; Glassy winged sharpshooter; Host suitability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COLD; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LONGEVITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX RATIO; WASP;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; COLD; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEMIPTERA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LONGEVITY; MALE; OVUM; SEX RATIO; WASPS;

CICADELLIDAE; GONATOCERUS ASHMEADI; HEMIPTERA; HOMALODISCA COAGULATA; HYMENOPTERA; MYMARIDAE;

EID: 34250731309     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2007)100[685:PQOGAH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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