A phenotypic and genetic comparison of egg to adult life-history traits between and within two strains of the larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae)

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-223

  Guntrip, J ^a   Sibly, R M ^a   Smith, R H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

development; life history traits; Prostephonus truncatus; quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

PROSTEPHANUS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0030186869     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-474X(96)00019-7     Document Type: Article

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