Boll weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) feeding and reproduction as functions of cotton square availability

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 698-704

  Greenberg, S M ^a   Sappington, T W ^a,b   Spurgeon, D W ^a,c   Setamou M ^a,d  

^a SDA/ARS Intgd Farming Nat Rsrc R   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boll weevil; Cotton; Feeding; Growth and reproductive indices; Oviposition

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COTTON; CROP PEST; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ANTHONOMUS; ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037559481     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-32.3.698     Document Type: Article

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