Does superparasitism improve host suitability for parasitoid development? A case study in the Microplitis rufiventris-Spodoptera littoralis system

BioControl

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 427-438

  Khafagi, Wedad E ^a   Hegazi, Esmat M ^b  

^a Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

^b Alexandria University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Evolution of gregariousness; Microplitis rufiventris; Parasitoid survival; Spodoptera littoralis; Superparasitization

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCE; EVOLUTION; HOST QUALITY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORTALITY; MOTH; OVIPOSITION; SUPERPARASITISM; SURVIVAL; WASP;

LEPIDOPTERA; MICROPLITIS RUFIVENTRIS; SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS;

EID: 42549153820     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-007-9078-0     Document Type: Article

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