Thermal requirement for development of Carpophilus marginellus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), a potential pollinator of cherimoya and atemoya trees (Magnoliales: Annonaceae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-285

  Tsukada, Morio ^a   Tanaka, Daisuke ^a   Higuchi, Hirokazu ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult size; Annona; Beetle pollination; Degree days; Developmental zero

Indexed keywords

ANNONA; ANNONA CHERIMOLA; ANNONA CHERIMOLA X ANNONA SQUAMOSA; ANNONACEAE; CARPOPHILUS MARGINELLUS; COLEOPTERA; MAGNOLIALES; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 50449102556     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2008.281     Document Type: Article

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