Aphids and their parasitoids (Hym., Braconidae: Aphidiinae) associated with medicinal plants in Iran

American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-219

  Talebi, Ali Asghar ^a   Rakhshani, Ehsan ^b   Fathipour, Yaghoub ^a   Starý, Petr ^c   Tomanović, Željko ^d   Rajabi Mazhar, Noorali ^e  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZABOL   (Iran)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^e Hamadan Agricultural Research and Natural Resource Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aphid parasitoids; Aphidiinae; Iran; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ALLOXYSTA; APHIDIDAE; APHIDIINAE; ASAPHES VULGARIS; BINODOXYS; BRACONIDAE; EPHEDRUS; LYSAPHIDUS; LYSIPHLEBUS FABARUM; PACHYNEURON APHIDIS; PRAON; SYRPHOPHAGUS APHIDIVORUS;

EID: 73249130363     PISSN: 19950748     EISSN: 19981074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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