Effect of host plants on successful parasitism by Haeckeliania sperata (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) on Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) eggs

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1565-1572

  Carrillo, Daniel ^a,b   Peña, Jorge E ^a   Capinera, John L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaprepes root weevil; Egg parasitoid; Host plants; Searching speed; Trichomes

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; EGG; FRUIT; HOST PLANT; LEAF; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PARASITISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WASP;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD CHAIN; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TIME; WASP;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEETLES; FOOD CHAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; OVUM; PLANT LEAVES; TIME FACTORS; WASPS;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DIAPREPES; DIAPREPES ABBREVIATUS; HAECKELIANIA; HYMENOPTERA; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 58149216140     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-37.6.1565     Document Type: Article

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