Interspecific competition between Metagonystilum minense (Diptera: Tachinidae) and Cotesia flavipes (Hymenotera: Braconidae) parasitosis of sugarcane borers (Diatraea spp., Lepidoptera:Pyralidae)
We evaluated the effect of interspecific competition between M. minense and C. flavipes larvae on survival in both species and on the growth of M. minense. Interspecific competition was evaluated by the inoculation of M. minense larvae (1 or 2 per host larvae: D. sacharalis) 1 to 5 days before or 3...
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Vicerractoría Investigación
1998-12-01
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| Series: | Revista de Biología Tropical |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77441998000400022 |