Distribution and diversity of wheat aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in Iran

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 863-870

  Rakhshani, Ehsan ^a   Tomanović, Željko ^b   Starý, Petr ^c   Talebi, Ali Asghar ^d   Kavallieratos, Nickolas G ^e   Zamani, Abbas Ali ^f   Stamenković, Srdjan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZABOL   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e BENAKI PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^f RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aphidiinae; Biodiversity; Braconidae; Cereal aphids; Iran; Parasitoids

Indexed keywords

APHID; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DIVERSITY INDEX; PARASITOID; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIINAE; APHIDIUS; APHIDIUS COLEMANI; APHIDIUS ERVI; APHIDIUS MATRICARIAE; APHIDIUS RHOPALOSIPHI; APHIDIUS UZBEKISTANICUS; BRACONIDAE; DIAERETIELLA RAPAE; DIURAPHIS NOXIA; EPHEDRUS PERSICAE; EPHEDRUS PLAGIATOR; HYMENOPTERA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 65749109279     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2008.114     Document Type: Article

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