Functional bases of host-acceptance behaviour in the aphid parasitoid Aphidius ervi

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-312

  Larocca, Anna ^a   Fanti, Paolo ^a   Romano, Vito Antonio ^a   Marsicovetere, Emilia ^a   Isidoro, Nunzio ^b   Romani, Roberto ^c   Ruschioni, Sara ^b   Pennacchio, Francesco ^d   Battaglia, Donatella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Kairomones; Ovipositor; Sensilla; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; APHID; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; HOST SELECTION; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS ERVI;

EID: 35848929046     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2007.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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