Kairomonal response of the parasitoid Anagyrus spec. nov. near pseudococci to the sex pheromone of the vine mealybug

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-130

  Franco, J C ^a   Silva, E B ^a   Cortegano, E ^a   Campos, L ^a   Branco, M ^a   Zada, A ^b   Mendel, Z ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chemical cue; Citrus; Encyrtidae; Fig; Grapevine; Host location; Hymenoptera; Infochemical; Olfactometer; Pheromone trap; Planococcus citri; Planococcus ficus

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL CUE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FRUIT; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; KAIROMONE; LABORATORY METHOD; PARASITOID; PHEROMONE TRAP; SEX HORMONE; VINE; WASP;

ANAGYRUS; CITRUS; ENCYRTIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; PLANOCOCCUS CITRI; PLANOCOCCUS FICUS; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; VITIS;

EID: 38349075736     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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