Thermal activity thresholds of the parasitic wasp Lysiphlebus testaceipes and its aphid prey: Implications for the efficacy of biological control

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 373-378

  Hughes, Gwennan E ^a   Owen, Emily ^a   Sterk, Guido ^b   Bale, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Biobest Belgium NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Chill coma; CTmax; CTmin; Heat coma; Lysiphlebus testaceipes

Indexed keywords

APHID; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COLD TOLERANCE; PARASITOID; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASP;

NORTHERN EUROPE;

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIINAE; APHIS FABAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LYSIPHLEBUS TESTACEIPES; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 78449257454     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2010.00754.x     Document Type: Article

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