Effect of irradiation on mating performance and mating ability in the West Indian sweetpotato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-236

  Kumano, Norikuni ^a,b   Haraguchi, Dai ^a   Kohama, Tsuguo ^c  

^a Okinawa Prefectural Plant Protection Center Miyakojima   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Prefectural Plant Protection Center   (Japan)

^c OKINAWA PREFECTURAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

irradiation; Coleoptera; Curculionidae; Mating behavior; Sperm transfer; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COPULATION; IRRADIATION; MATING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; PEST CONTROL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPERM COMPETITION; STERILIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [OKINAWA ISLAND]; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; EUSCEPES POSTFASCIATUS; HEXAPODA; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 43549098006     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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