Host size, superparasitism and sex ratio in mass-reared Diachasmimorpha longicaudata, a fruit fly parasitoid

BioControl

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-17

  Montoya, Pablo ^a   Cancino, Jorge ^a   Pérez Lachaud, Gabriela ^b   Liedo, Pablo ^b  

^a Programa Moscafrut SAGARPA IICA   (Mexico)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae); Biological control; Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae); Mass rearing; Oviposition behavior

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BODY SIZE; FLY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; PUPA; SEX ALLOCATION; SEX RATIO; SUPERPARASITISM; WASP;

ANASTREPHA LUDENS; BRACONIDAE; DIACHASMIMORPHA LONGICAUDATA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 78650985696     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-010-9307-9     Document Type: Article

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