Comparative life history and parasitism of a new colour morph of the walnut aphid in California

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-146

  Hougardy, Evelyne ^a   Mills, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult size; Chromaphis juglandicola; Fecundity; Host colour preference; Host instar preference; Longevity; Stage structured matrix model; Thermal requirement; Trioxys pallidus

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; CHROMAPHIS JUGLANDICOLA; JUGLANS; TRIOXYS PALLIDUS;

EID: 42149179400     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2008.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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