Influence of cotton fruit stages as food sources on boll weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) fecundity and oviposition

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1330-1334

  Showler, Allan T ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthonomus grandis; Boll weevil; Eggs; Fecundity; Food

Indexed keywords

ANTHONOMUS; ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 4444279837     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/97.4.1330     Document Type: Article

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