Wheat stem sawfly-infested plants benefit from parasitism of the herbivorous larvae

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 347-354

  Buteler, Micaela ^a   Weaver, David K ^a   Miller, Perry R ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cephus cinctus; Natural enemies; Parasitoids; Plant fitness; Plant insect interactions; Triticum aestivum; Tritrophic system

Indexed keywords

BRACON CEPHI; BRACON LISSOGASTER; CEPHUS CINCTUS; HEXAPODA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 53749100721     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2008.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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