Orientation of the parasitic wasp, cotesia vestalis (Haliday) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), to visual and olfactory cues of field mustard flowers, brassica rapa l. (Brassicaceae), to exploit food sources

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 369-375

  Kugimiya, Soichi ^a   Uefune, Masayoshi ^b   Shimoda, Takeshi ^c   Takabayashi, Junji ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dietary state; Floral scent; Food source; Food searching; Information use

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; BRASSICA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; BRASSICACEAE; COTESIA VESTALIS; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 77956251564     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2010.369     Document Type: Article

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