Endoparasitism in cereal aphids: Molecular analysis of a whole parasitoid community

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 3928-3938

  Traugott, M ^a,b   Bell, J R ^a,c,d   Broad, G R ^e   Powell, W ^d   Van Veen, F J F ^f   Vollhardt, I M G ^g   Symondson, W O C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aphid parasitoids; Host parasitoid interactions; Multiparasitism; Multiplex PCR; Sitobion avenae; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; CEREAL; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOD CHAIN; GENE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYMENOPTERA; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; CEREALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FOOD CHAIN; GENES, INSECT; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HYMENOPTERA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APHIDIDAE; HEXAPODA; SITOBION AVENAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 50049086378     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03878.x     Document Type: Article

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