Searching behavior of an aphid parasitoid and its hyperparasitoid with and without floral nectar

Biological Control

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-84

  Araj, Salah Eddin ^a   Wratten, Steve ^a   Lister, Alison ^a   Buckley, Hannah ^a   Ghabeish, Ihab ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Aphidius ervi; Biological control; Buckwheat; Dendrocerus aphidum; Fagopyrum esculentum; Floral nectars; Searching behavior; Trophic levels

Indexed keywords

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; APHIDIUS ERVI; DENDROCERUS APHIDUM; FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 79953161765     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.11.015     Document Type: Article

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