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Development of Microplitis rufiventris Kok at different temperatures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

E. M. Hegazi ,
M. O. Kolaib  and
M. I. Abd-El Fattah
E. M. Hegazi
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Alexandria, Egypt
M. O. Kolaib
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Alexandria, Egypt
M. I. Abd-El Fattah
Affiliation:
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Alexandria, Egypt
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The solitary larval parasite Microplitis rufiventris Kok was recorded for the first time in Egypt by El-Minshawy (1963), parasitizing the lesser cotton leafworm, Spodoptera exigua Hbn. Since it could be an effective summer parasite of the cotton leaf-worm, Spodoptera littoralis Boisd., studies on aspects of its biology by Hegazi (1976), and Hegazi, Hammad & El-Minshawy (1977) have been extended to include the effect of temperature on its development.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 94 , Issue 3 , June 1980 , pp. 739 - 740
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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