Sugar in moderation: Sugar diets affect short-term parasitoid behaviour

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-185

  Lelightle, Daniel ^a   Ambrosino, Mario ^a   Lee, Jana C ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apanteles aristoteliae; Argyrotaenia franciscana; Olfactometer; Oviposition; Parasitoid; Sugar; Superparasitism

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP PEST; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; LONGEVITY; MOTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OLFACTION; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; STARVATION; SUGAR; SUPERPARASITISM; WASP;

EID: 83755178231     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2009.00718.x     Document Type: Article

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