Effects of the virus-like particles of a braconid endoparasitoid, Meteorus pulchricornis, on hemocytes and hematopoietic organs of its noctuid host, Pseudaletia separata

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-125

  Suzuki, Masahiro ^a   Miura, Ken ^a   Tanaka, Toshiharu ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Endoparasitoid wasp; Hematopoietic organ; Hemocyte; Virus like particle

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; METEORUS PULCHRICORNIS; MYTHIMNA SEPARATA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 76449096296     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2009.115     Document Type: Article

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