Interspecific competition between Diadegma semiclausum Hellen and Diadegma mollipla (Holmgren), parasitoids of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L), feeding on a new host plant

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-143

  Rossbach, A ^a   Lohr B ^b   Vidal, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Diadegma mollipla; Diadegma semiclausum; Host plant expansion; Interspecific competition; Pisum sativum

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LABORATORY METHOD; LEGUME; MOTH; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BRASSICA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KENYA; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PEA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; WASP;

ANIMALS; BRASSICA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; KENYA; LARVA; MOTHS; PEAS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WASPS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; DIADEGMA MOLLIPLA; DIADEGMA SEMICLAUSUM; LEPIDOPTERA; PISUM SATIVUM; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE;

EID: 40449087631     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485307005482     Document Type: Article

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