Host searching behaviour of Apanteles cypris nixon (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2223-2229

  Zhou, Hui ^a   Zhang, Yang ^b   Wu, Weijian ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Apanteles cypris; Frass; Host searching behavior; Kairomone

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CROP DAMAGE; HERBIVORY; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; NATURAL ENEMY; TROPHIC INTERACTION; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WASP;

APANTELES CYPRIS; BRACONIDAE; CNAPHAROCROSIS MEDINALIS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 84864200394     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5846/stxb201109271417     Document Type: Article

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