Research Article

Foraging Behavior of Praon volucre (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) a Parasitoid of Sitobion avenae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Wheat

Table 1

Maximum likelihood estimates from logistic regressions of proportion of different densities of Sitobion avenae by Praon volucre at various constant temperatures.

Temperatures (°C)Parameters
Intercept ( 𝑃 0 )Linear ( 𝑃 1 )Quadratic ( 𝑃 2 )Cubic ( 𝑃 3 )

100.650 ± 0.38−0.217 ± 0.0610.007 ± 0.002−0.00008 ± 0.0001
150.48 ± 0.37−0.016 ± 0.057−0.001 ± 0.0020.000018 ± 0.0001
202.58 ± 0.496−0.253 ± 0.0690.006 ± 0.002−0.00006 ± 0.0001
251.809 ± 0.426−0.207 ± 0.0620.005 ± 0.0020.00005 ± 0.0001
30−1.167 ± 0.448−0.0004 ± 0.07−0.001 ± 0.0010.000019 ± 0.0001