A simple method for estimating the number of eggs of the West Indian sweetpotato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), using a measuring pipette and cylinder

Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-56

  Ohno, Suguru ^a   Sasaki, Tomonori ^a   Nakamura, Takafumi ^a   Haraguchi, Dai ^a   Urasaki, Kimiko ^a   Kohama, Tsuguo ^a  

^a Fruit Fly Eradication Project Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Egg number estimation; Euscepes postfasciatus; Measuring cylinder; Measuring pipette; Regression

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; EUSCEPES POSTFASCIATUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 33645700922     PISSN: 00214914     EISSN: 13476068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/jjaez.2006.51     Document Type: Article

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