Influence of different cotton fruit sizes on boll weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) oviposition and survival to adulthood

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 443-449

  Greenberg, S M ^a   Sappington, T W ^a,b   Setamou M ^a,c   Coleman, R J ^a,d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Crop Insects Research Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthonomus grandis grandis; Boll weevil; Cotton fruit sizes; Feeding punctures; Oviposition punctures

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COTTON; CROP PEST; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; SURVIVAL;

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

EID: 1942537126     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.2.443     Document Type: Article

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