Flight response, body weight, and lipid content of Rhyzopertha dominica (F.) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) as influenced by strain, season and phenotype

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-196

  Perez Mendoza, J ^a   Hagstrum, D W ^b   Dover, B A ^a   Hopkins, T L ^a   Baker, J E ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Flight initiation; Lipid content; Rhyzopertha dominica; Strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033030654     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-474X(98)00044-7     Document Type: Article

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