Parasitoids that oviposit in a concealed host inside a plant part need to be able to find both the plant and the host. Egg parasitoids of fruit-infesting Tephritidae need to assess the oviposition site based both on the host egg and the infested fruit. Infestation by Tephritidae fruit flies threa...
Ayelo, P.M.
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Sinzogan, A.A.C.
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Bokonon-Ganta, A.H.
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Karlsson, M.F.
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[Host species and vegetable fruit suitability and preference by the parasitoid wasp Fopius arisanus]
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Host species and vegetable fruit suitability and preference by the parasitoid wasp Fopius arisanus
Tephritidae fruit flies are parasitized by Braconidae wasps, of which some are used in biological control programs. Releases of exotic parasitoids might affect, or be affected by, native species exploiting a common host. We studied interspecific competition between the native African parasitoid F...
Therophilus javanus is a koinobiont, solitary larval endoparasitoid currently being considered as a biological control agent against
the pod borer Maruca vitrata, a devastating cowpea pest causing 20–80% crop losses in West Africa. We investigated ovary
morphology and anatomy, oogenesis, potentia...
Souna, D.A.
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Bokonon-Ganta, A.H.
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Ravallec, M.
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Cusumano, A.
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Pittendrigh, Barry R.
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Volkoff, A.N.
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Tamò, M.
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[An insight in the reproductive biology of Therophilus javanus (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, and Agathidinae), a potential biological control agent against the legume pod borer (Lepidoptera, Crambidae)]
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An insight in the reproductive biology of Therophilus javanus (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, and Agathidinae), a potential biological control agent against the legume pod borer (Lepidoptera, Crambidae)