A comparative study on the functional response of Wolbachia-infected and uninfected forms of the parasitoid wasp Trichogramma brassicae

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Farrokhi, S ^a   Ashouri, A ^b   Shirazi, J ^a   Allahvari, H ^b   Huigens, M E ^c  

^a IRANIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

attack rate; biological control; egg parasitoid; endosymbiotic bacterium; handling time; Sitotroga cerealella; thelytokous strain

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GELECHIIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; SITOTROGA CEREALELLA; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA BRASSICAE; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IRAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WASP; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; OVUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASPS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 78649261952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.010.14127     Document Type: Article

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