Fitness-related traits in a parasitoid fly are mediated by effects of plants on its host

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 132, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 663-667

  Caron, V ^a,c   Myers, J H ^a   Gillespie, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compsilura concinnata; Greenhouse; Host plant; Tachinidae; Trichoplusia ni; Tritrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; FITNESS; FLY; HERBIVORE; HOST LOCATION; HOST PLANT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PARASITOID; SURVIVAL; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION; YIELD RESPONSE;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM; COMPSILURA CONCINNATA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; TACHINIDAE; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 49549122053     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2008.01306.x     Document Type: Article

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