Long-term changes in age-specific egg production of two Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae) strains mass-reared under different selection regimes, with different egg collection methods

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-20

  Suenaga, Hiroshi ^a,b   Tanaka, Akira ^a,b   Kamiwada, Hidemi ^a,b   Kamikado, Takahiro ^a,c   Chishaki, Naoya ^a,d  

^a Melon Fly Control Project Office   (Japan)

^b Osumi Branch   (Japan)

^c Kagoshima Prefectural Government   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fertility; Melon fly; Oviposition; Quality control; Selection

Indexed keywords

BACTROCERA CUCURBITAE; CUCUMIS; DIPTERA; INSECTA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0034339965     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2000.13     Document Type: Article

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