Are individuals from thelytokous and arrhenotokous populations equally adept as biocontrol agents? Orientation and host searching behavior of a fruit fly parasitoid

BioControl

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 427-440

  Ramirez Romero, Ricardo ^a,c   Sivinski, J ^b   Copeland, C S ^b,d   Aluja, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behavior; Figitidae; Fruit fly biological control; Hymenoptera; Odontosemaanastrephae; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FEMALE; FLY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; HOST PREFERENCE; LARVA; OLFACTION; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; PARASITOID; REARING; THELYTOKY; WASP;

BORGMEIER; FIGITIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ODONTOSEMA ANASTREPHAE; PSIDIUM; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 84860728209     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-011-9413-3     Document Type: Article

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