Screening dead eggs of the West Indian sweet potato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (fairmaire) (coleoptera: Curculionidae), by the brine-flotation technique

Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 255-258

  Ohno, Suguru ^a   Sasaki, Tomonori ^a   Kohama, Tsuguo ^a  

^a Fruit Fly Eradication Project Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial fungal contamination; Brine flotation technique; Dead eggs; Euscepes postfasciatus; Specific gravity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; CYLAS FORMICARIUS; EUSCEPES POSTFASCIATUS; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 33644583895     PISSN: 00214914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/jjaez.2005.255     Document Type: Article

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