Differences in egg morphology of the stored-grain pests Rhyzopertha dominica and Prostephanus truncatus (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae)

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-105

  Kučerová, Zuzana ^a   Stejskal, Václav ^a  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Egg morphology; Eggshell; Pest identification; SEM micrographs

Indexed keywords

BOSTRICHIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PROSTEPHANUS TRUNCATUS; RHYZOPERTHA DOMINICA;

EID: 36048965616     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspr.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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