Influence of feeding status and physiological condition on supercooling points of adult boll weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 754-758

  Suh, Charles P C ^a   Spurgeon, Dale W ^a   Westbrook, John K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthonomus grandis; Boll weevil; Supercooling point

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY CONDITION; FEEDING; PHYSIOLOGY; SUPERCOOLING;

ANTHONOMUS; ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE;

EID: 0036800822     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.5.754     Document Type: Article

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