Effect of sweetpotato genotype, storage time and production site on feeding and oviposition behavior of the sweetpotato weevil, Cylas formicarius (Coleoptera: Apoinidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 259-264

  Mao, L ^a   Story, R N ^a   Hammond, A M ^a   Labonte, D R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antixenosis; Host plant resistance; Production site; Storage time

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENOTYPE; OVIPOSITION; STORAGE;

ANIMALIA; APOINIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CYLAS FORMICARIUS; FORMICARIUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 0034776849     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3496177     Document Type: Article

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