Effects of maternal age and egg weight on developmental time and body weight of offspring of Podisus maculiventris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 315-322

  Mohaghegh, Jafar ^a   De Clercq, Patrick ^a   Tirry, Luc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

development; Egg weight; Maternal age; Podisus maculiventris; Quality control

Indexed keywords

HETEROPTERA; INSECTA; PENTATOMIDAE; PODISUS MACULIVENTRIS;

EGG SIZE; MATERNAL AGE; OFFSPRING DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0031905377     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/91.3.315     Document Type: Article

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