CHEMICAL CUES INDUCED FROM FLY-OVIPOSITION MEDIATE THE HOST-SEEKING BEHAVIOUR OF FOPIUS ARISANUS (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE), AN EFFECTIVE EGG PARASITOID OF BACTROCERA DORSALIS (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE), WITHIN A TRITROPHIC CONTEXT

Chemical Cues Induced from Fly-Oviposition Mediate the Host-Seeking Behaviour of Fopius arisanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), an Effective Egg Parasitoid of Bactrocera dorsalis (Diptera: Tephritidae), within a Tritrophic Context

Fopius arisanus is a solitary endoparasitoid that parasitizes a variety of tephritid species.Native to the Indo-Australian region, it is currently exploited worldwide as a biological control agent due to its exceptional efficiency in reducing pest populations.The efficiency of any biological control program is affected by the host location ability

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Genetic structuring in farmed and wild Gilthead seabream and European seabass in the Mediterranean Sea: implementations for detection of escapees

Microsatellite markers were used to investigate the genetic structure of the two most important cultured fish in the Mediterranean Sea, Hose Hul the gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) and the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), from two (one wild and one farmed) populations in Western Mediterranean (Spain) and from two (one wild and one farmed)

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