Influence of constant temperatures on life history of immature Lygus elisus (Hemiptera: Miridae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1549-1553

  Bommireddy, Padma L ^a,b   Parajulee, Megha N ^a   Porter, Dana O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental duration; Lygus elisus; Population dynamics; Temperature

Indexed keywords

LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVORSHIP; TEMPERATURE;

HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LYGUS; LYGUS ELISUS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 11144226005     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.6.1549     Document Type: Article

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