Egg limitation and the functional response of the parasitoid Campoletis grioti (Hym: Ichneumonidae)

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 945-955

  Varone, Laura ^a   Bruzzone, Octavio ^b   Logarzo, Guillermo A ^a  

^a USDA ARS South American Biological Control Laboratory   (Argentina)

^b Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biological control; Oviposition; Parasitoid; Spodoptera frugiperda

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; EGG; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; INSECT; NATURAL ENEMY; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID;

CAMPOLETIS; ICHNEUMONIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA;

EID: 35648985678     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: 13600478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150701596289     Document Type: Article

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