Is host size an indicator of quality in the mass-reared parasitoid Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)?

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 441-449

  López, Olga P ^a   Hénaut, Yann ^b   Cancino, Jorge ^a   Lambin, Michael ^c   Cruz López, Leopoldo ^b   Rojas, Julio C ^b  

^a UNICACH   (Mexico)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^c Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

Biological control; Fecundity; Host body size; Host location behavior; Longevity; Mass rearing; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BODY SIZE; ENDOPARASITE; FECUNDITY; FLY; HOST LOCATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; PARASITOID; REARING; SEX RATIO; WASP;

ANASTREPHA; BRACONIDAE; DIACHASMIMORPHA LONGICAUDATA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 70349486013     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.092.0305     Document Type: Article

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