Effect of Delayed Mating on Oviposition Pattern, Fecundity and Fertility in Codling Moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-182

  Vickers, R A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYDIA POMONELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 0000826525     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1997.tb01452.x     Document Type: Article

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