Borago officinalis attracts the aphid parasitoid Aphidius colemani (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 615-620

  Fujinuma, Masahiro ^a   Kainoh, Yooichi ^a   Nemoto, Hisashi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Saitama Prefecture Agriculture and Forestry Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aphid parasitoid; Aphidius colemani; Borago officinalis; HIPVs; Plant volatiles

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS COLEMANI; AVES; BORAGINACEAE; BORAGO; BORAGO OFFICINALIS; BRACONIDAE; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; HORDEUM; HYMENOPTERA; PRUNUS PADUS; PRUNUS PERSICA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; RAPHANUS SATIVUS VAR. NIGER;

EID: 78650140570     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2010.615     Document Type: Article

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