Comparative effect of short term exposures of Callosobruchus subinnotatus to carbon dioxide, nitrogen, or low temperature on behavior and fecundity

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 243-248

  Mbata, George N ^a,c   Ramaswamy, Sonny B ^a   Reichmuth, Christoph ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Ecological Chemistry Plant Analysis and Stored Product Protection   (Germany)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Bruchidae; Carbon dioxide; Cold; Coleoptera; Nitrogen; Oviposition and mating

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FECUNDITY; INVERTEBRATE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

BRUCHIDAE; BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS; CALLOSOBRUCHUS SUBINNOTATUS; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032425875     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1998.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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