Life table analysis for Cactoblastis cactorum immatures and female adults under five constant temperatures: Implications for pest management

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 497-505

  Legaspi, Jesusa Crisostomo ^a   Legaspi Jr , Benjamin C ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactus moth; Development; Fecundity; Life history; Opuntia cacti

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; CROP PEST; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EGG; FECUNDITY; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE TABLE; MOTH; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL; PUPA; SURVIVORSHIP;

CACTACEAE; CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM; LEPIDOPTERA; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA CACTI; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 34447567326     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[497:LTAFCC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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