Brood size, sex ratio and egg load of Metaphycus lounsburyi (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) when parasitizing adult females of black scale Saissetia oleae (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in the field

Biological Control

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 110-115

  Tena, Alejandro ^a   Garcia Marí, Ferran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Black scale; Brood size; Egg load; Metaphycus lounsburyi; Olive; Parasitism; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

COCCIDAE; ENCYRTIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; METAPHYCUS; SAISSETIA OLEAE;

EID: 68949164748     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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