Effect of plant structure on searching strategy and searching efficiency of Trichogramma turkestanica

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gingras, Daniel ^a   Dutilleul, Pierre ^b   Boivin, Guy ^c  

^a AEF Global Inc   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity; Area searched; Egg parasitoids; Host finding; Klinotaxis; Movement; Orthokinetic; Plant structure; Searching efficiency; Searching strategy

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; TRICHOGRAMMA TURKESTANICA; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LEPIDOPTERA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TIME; WASP; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEPIDOPTERA; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS; WASPS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 41949117962     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.008.2801     Document Type: Article

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