Relationship of cold tolerance to developmental determination in the Indian meal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Phycitidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 267-276

  Naeemullah, Muhammad ^a   Tanaka, Kazuhiro ^b,d   Tsumuki, Hisaaki ^c   Takeda, Makio ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold hardiness; Cryoprotectants; Diapause; Plodia interpunctella; Supercooling

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; PHYCITINAE; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA;

EID: 0033130393     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.34.267     Document Type: Article

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