Effects of rearing conditions on reproduction of Spathius agrili (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a parasitoid of the emerald ash borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 379-387

  Gould, Juli R ^a   Ayer, Tracy ^a   Fraser, Ivich ^a  

^a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrilus planipennis; biocontrol; parasitoid rearing; Spathius agrili

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BARK; BEETLE; COLD; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FRAXINUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WASP;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FRAXINUS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PLANT BARK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASPS;

AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS; BRACONIDAE; BUPRESTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FRAXINUS; HYMENOPTERA; SPATHIUS AGRILI;

EID: 79953875464     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC10257     Document Type: Article

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