Effect of irradiation on mating ability in the male sweetpotato weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1198-1203

  Kumano, N ^a,b   Haraguchi, D ^a   Kohama, T ^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

Cylas formicarius elegantulus; Gamma radiation; Mating behavior; Sterile insect technique (SIT); Sweetpotato weevil

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GAMMA RADIATION; MALE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GAMMA RAYS; MALE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; WEEVILS;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; CYLAS FORMICARIUS; HEXAPODA; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 50849123449     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[1198:EOIOMA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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