Host recognition and acceptance behaviour in Cotesia sesamiae and C. flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), parasitoids of gramineous stemborers in Africa

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-176

  Obonyo, Meshack ^a,b,c   Schulthess, Fritz ^b   Le Ru, Bruno ^b,c   van den Berg, Johnnie ^a   Calatayud, Paul André ^b,c  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Braconidae; Busseola fusca; C. flavipes; Chilo partellus; Cotesia sesamiae; Eldana saccharina; Host acceptance; Host recognition; Hymenoptera; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Parasitoids; Pyralidae; Stemborers

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CHEMORECEPTION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; OVIPOSITION; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION; WASP;

AFRICA;

BRACONIDAE; BUSSEOLA FUSCA; CHILO PARTELLUS; COTESIA SESAMIAE; CRAMBIDAE; ELDANA SACCHARINA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 77955564624     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2010.022     Document Type: Article

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