Maternal effects on the life histories of bruchid beetles infesting Acacia raddiana in the Negev desert, Israel

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-170

  Or, K ^a,b   Ward, D ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bruchidae; Caryedon palaestinicus; Coleoptera; Plant stress; Seed beetles

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; LIFE HISTORY; MATERNAL EFFECT; PEST SPECIES; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SEED; TREE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

ACACIA; ACACIA RADDIANA; BRUCHINAE; CARYEDON; COLEOPTERA; FABACEAE;

EID: 33846515680     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2006.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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