Physiological age-grading and ovarian physiology of Prostephanus truncatus

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-90

  Scholz, D ^a,b   Borgemeister, C ^a   Markham, R H ^a   Poehling, H M ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bostrichidae; Dispersal; Larger grain borer; Migration; Reproductive tract; Yellow body

Indexed keywords

PROSTEPHANUS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0031935583     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1998.2310081.x     Document Type: Article

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