The effects of thermal acclimation on immature mortality in the Queensland fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni and the light brown apple moth Epiphyas postvittana at a lethal temperature

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-51

  Beckett, S J ^a   Evans, D E ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Rural Industries R and D Corporation   (Australia)

Author keywords

acclimation; Bactrocera tryoni; eggs; Epiphyas postvittana; heat treatment; larvae; mortality; non acclimation

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA TRYONI; EPIPHYAS POSTVITTANA; DIPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; TEPHRITIDAE; TORTRICIDAE;

ACCLIMATION; HEAT TREATMENT; LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH; MORTALITY; QUEENSLAND FRUIT FLY;

EID: 0030617542     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00112.x     Document Type: Article

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