Temperature and relative humidity effects on postdiapause larval development and adult emergence in three populations of wheat stem sawfly (Hymenoptera: Cephidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1222-1231

  Perez Mendoza, Joel ^a   Weaver, David K ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephus cinctus; Population; Postdiapause development; Relative humidity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROP PEST; DIAPAUSE; EMERGENCE; FLY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AMSTERDAM [MONTANA]; CONRAD; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; OPHEIM; UNITED STATES;

CEPHIDAE; CEPHUS CINCTUS; HYMENOPTERA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33845249236     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2006)35[1222:TARHEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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