Efficiency of the sterile insect release method as an eradication measure for the sweet potato weevil, Cylas formicarius (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Brentidae) in the field

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 161-167

  Setokuchi, Osamu ^h   Sugimoto, Tuyosi ^a   Yamaguchi, Takuhiro ^h   Izumi, Shoichi ^c   Tokunaga, Taizo ^d   Kawasoe, Koji ^e   Tanaka, Takeo ^b,f   Makino, Nobuhiro ^b,g   Sakuratani, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kagoshima Prefectural Government   (Japan)

^c Kagoshima Pref Agric Exp Station   (Japan)

^d Kagoshima Prefectural Government   (Japan)

^e Kagoshima Pref Osaki Agric I   (Japan)

^f Agricultural Products Division   (Japan)

^g Kagoshima Pref Ibusuki A   (Japan)

^h Ohshima Branch   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cylas formicarius; Eradication; Sterile insect release; Sweet potato

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035256296     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2001.161     Document Type: Article

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