Potentiel Reproducteur de Dinarmus basalis Rond. (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) en Présence de Son Hôte Callosobruchus maculatus F. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) en Zone Guinéenne

Functional Response of Dinarmus Basalis (rond.) (hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) Parasitizing Callosobruchus Maculatus (f.)

The functional response of the parasitoid Dinarmus basalis (Rond.) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) is determined to evaluate its potential as a biological control agent. Four female wasps in the presence of males parasitoids, were allowed to oviposit during their life span or hosts at different densities. The data were fit by Rogers′ (1972) parasitoid model. The rate of parasitoid search was a′= 0....

Sur la présence de Q Fever en Iran

Facultative Hyperparasitism: Extreme Survival Behaviour of the Primary Solitary Ectoparasitoid, Dinarmus basalis

This study investigated the egg-laying behaviour of ectoparsitoid, Dinarmus basalis Rondani (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), females when faced with a prolonged deprivation of suitable hosts leading to extreme 'oviposition pressure'. The egg-laying behaviour of virgin D. basalis females was tested with Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) hosts previously parasitized by the conspec...

Représentation condensée en présence de valeurs manquantes

Missing values are an old problem that is very common in real data bases. We describe the damages caused by missing values on condensed representations of patterns extracted from large data bases. This is important because condensed representations are very useful to increase the efficiency of the extraction and enable new uses of patterns (e.g., rules with minimal body, clustering, classificat...

Varietal Susceptibility Of Cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata L.) To The Storage Beetle, Callosobruchus Maculatus F. (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

Twenty-two cowpea genotypes, comprising eighteen elite lines from the CSIR-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute, and three improved cultivars from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture were evaluated for their susceptibility to infestation and damage by the storage beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus F. The assessment of their relative susceptibilities was based on oviposition, me...