Parasitized aphids are inferior prey for a coccinellid predator: Implications for intraguild predation

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 153-158

  Bilu, Einat ^a,b   Coll, Moshe ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b AdaFresh   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aphidius colemani; Aphids; Coccinella undecimpunctata; Myzus persicae; Prey quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHID; BEETLE; GENERALIST; HERBIVORE; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; LARVA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PARASITISM; PREY AVAILABILITY; PUPA;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; WASP;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BEETLES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; WASPS;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS COLEMANI; COCCINELLA UNDECIMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; MYZUS PERSICAE; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 61849127676     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0119     Document Type: Article

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