Interaction of treatment of both adult and immature Coleoptera with a chitin synthesis inhibitor affects mortality and development time of their progeny

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-136

  Elek, Jane A ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Chitin synthesis inhibitors; Chlorfluazuron; Coleoptera; CSIs; Development time; Insect growth regulators (IGRs); Insecticide; Pre exposure; Rhyzopertha dominica; Sitophilus oryzae; Stored grain insect pests

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROWTH REGULATOR; INSECTICIDE; MORTALITY;

BOSTRICHIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; RHYZOPERTHA DOMINICA; SITOPHILUS ORYZAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032443358     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1998.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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