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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Host larvae"”.
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Effects of Plant Damage, Herbivore-Associated Cues, and Learning on Foraging Behavior of a Parasitoid Wasp
… patch. I quantified the influence of plant and host-associated cues and learning foraging behavior, using the interaction between the parasitoid <em>M. croceipes</em>, cotton <em>Gossypium</em> <em>hirsuium</em> L. (Malvales: Malvaceae), and host larvae <em>Helicoverpa</em> <em>zea</em>(Boddie) …
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Effect of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) on Diadegma semiclausum (Hellen) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), a parasitoid of Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae)
… of the interactions among Plutella xylostella (host), Beauveria bassiana (pathogen) and Diadegma semiclausum (parasitoid) was the aim of this thesis. The pathogenicity of B. bassiana to P. xylostella larvae and D. semiclausum females, the direct and indirect effect of the pathogen on the …
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Monogeneans of the Southern Fiddler Ray, Trygonorrhina Fasciata (Rhinobatidae) in South Australia: an exceptional model to compare parasite life history traits, invasion strategies and host specificity.
… Monogenean eggs recovered from aquaria provided larvae for descriptions and life history experiments. I describe the adult, larva and post-larval development of a new species of hexabothriid, Branchotenthes octohamatus, from the gills. This is the first monogenean larva described with only eight …
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Ecological impact of entomopathogenic nematodes used to control the large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
… pests in forestry across Northern Europe. Its larvae develop in coniferous tree stumps on clearfell sites and adult weevils feed on seedlings that are replanted on these sites, causing substantial mortality. As the drive towards achieving the sustainable management of natural resources …