Native parasitoids of Dalbulus elimatus and Dalbulus maidis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in winter crops of central Mexico

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 722-727

  Moya Raygoza, Gustavo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BARLEY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; FLY; HABITAT; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INSECT; MAIZE; NATIVE SPECIES; PARASITISM; SORGHUM; WASP;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CICADELLIDAE; DALBULUS ELIMATUS; DALBULUS MAIDIS; DIPTERA; DRYINIDAE; EUDORYLAS; GONATOPUS BARTLETTI; HEMIPTERA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; HYMENOPTERA; PEREGRINUS MAIDIS; PIPUNCULIDAE; POACEAE; SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34948888826     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n06-053     Document Type: Article

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