Boll Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Reproductive Development as a Function of Temperature

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 675-681

  Spurgeon, D W ^a   Raulston, J R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthonomus grandis; Reproductive development; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001525274     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.3.675     Document Type: Article

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