Dispersal of released male sweetpotato weevil, cylas formicarius (Coleoptera: Brentidae) in different seasons

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 441-449

  Miyatake, Takahisa ^a,d   Kohama, Tsuguo ^b   Shimoji, Yukio ^b,e   Kawasaki, Kenjiro ^f   Moriya, Seiichi ^c   Kishita, Mitsunobu ^a   Yamamura, Kohji ^c  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^b Fruit Fly Eradication Project Office   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Ryukyusankei Co Ltd   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pheromone; Population density; Sterile insect technique; Survival; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BRENTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; CYLAS FORMICARIUS; FORMICARIUS; INSECTA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0034311041     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2000.441     Document Type: Article

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