Rearing method and life-table data for the cocoa mirid bug Sahlbergella singularis Haglund (Hemiptera: Miridae)

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 366-374

  Babin, R ^a,b   Bisseleua, D H B ^c,d   Dibog, L ^d   Lumaret, J P ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cocoa mirids; Distantiella theobroma; Fecundity; Humidity; Intrinsic rate of increase; Net reproductive rate

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; COCOA; FECUNDITY; HUMIDITY; INSECT; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE TABLE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POPULATION GROWTH; RAINFALL; REARING; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURITY; SURVIVAL;

HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MIRIDAE; SAHLBERGELLA SINGULARIS; THEOBROMA; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 42649085706     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2008.01273.x     Document Type: Article

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