Behavioural adaptations in host finding by Trichogramma evanescens: The influence of oviposition experience on response to host contact kairomones

Bulletin of Insectology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-30

  Gardner, Sara M ^a   Dissevelt, Marleen ^a   Van Lenteren, Joop C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Egg load; Egg parasitoid; Host preference; Host searching behaviour; Mamestra brassicae; Pieris brassicae; Reproductive state

Indexed keywords

HYMENOPTERA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE; PIERIS BRASSICAE; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA EVANESCENS; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

EID: 77951224816     PISSN: 17218861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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