Cold tolerance in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1087-1099

  Boiteau, Gilles ^a   Coleman, Warren ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

COLD TOLERANCE; COLORADO POTATO BEETLE; DIAPAUSE;

CANADA, NEW BRUNSWICK;

EID: 0030324186     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/Ent1281087-6     Document Type: Article

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