Role of venom and ovarian proteins in immune suppression of Ostrinia furnacalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) larvae parasitized by Macrocentrus cingulum (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a polyembryonic parasitoid

Insect Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-100

  Li, Yong ^a   Lu, Jian Feng ^b   Feng, Cong Jing ^c   Ke, Xin ^a   Fu, Wen Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Encapsulation; Macrocentrus cingulum; Ostrinia funacalis; Ovarian proteins; Spreading; Venom

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROCENTRUS CINGULUM; OSTRINIA; OSTRINIA FURNACALIS; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 41649109785     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2007.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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