Gregarious development alters host utilization by the egg parasitoid Ooencyrtus fecundus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)

Ooencyrtus fecundus Ferriere and Voegele (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) is a gregarious egg parasitoid of sunn pest Eurygaster integriceps Puton. Superparasitism enables a female to produce multiple progeny per host and thus reduces the time spent searching for hosts, but results in progressively smaller...

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Main Authors: Shahzad Iranipour, Sajad Ahmadpour, Shahriar Asgari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tarbiat Modares 2020-05-01
Series:Journal of Crop Protection
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Online Access:http://jcp.modares.ac.ir/article-3-34727-en.html