Functional response of a parasitoid Ganaspidium utilis (Hymenoptera: Eucoilidae) on the leafminer Liriomyza trifolii (Diptera: Agromyzidae)

Insect Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 381-385

  Kafle, Lekhnath ^a   Lai, Po Yung ^a   Chang, Yin Fu ^b  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center   (China)

Author keywords

Functional response; Ganaspidium utilis; Host density; Liriomyza trifolii; Random parasitoid equation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749100643     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1005-295X.2005.00047.x     Document Type: Article

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