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 training day horse supplement 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

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Description of two new species of microcotiloids, monogenean parasites in marine fish from the north eastern cost of Venezuela

Two new species monogenean, found in gills of marine fish from the north easter cost of Venezuela are described: Kannaphalus mochimae found in Acanthurus coeruleus (Acanthuridae) and Allopyragraphorus marinae found in Strongylura marina (Belonidae).K.mochimae differs from K.virilis Unnithan, 1957 in shaped and location of the genitals and number of

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Echocardiographic follow-up to right ventricular modifications in secondary pulmonary hypertension to diabetes in rats

Clinical studies suggest that diabetes is a risk factor in the development of pulmonary arterial house of lashes blessings hypertension.The increase in blood pressure in the pulmonary area is characterized by the increase in the afterload and hypertrophy of the right ventricle.The objective of this study was to conduct a longitudinal follow-up of t

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