Evaluation of date palm cultivars for rearing the red date palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 353-358

  Al Ayedh, H ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adult life span; Date palm cultivars; Fecundity; Growth assessment; Host plant food quality; Red date palm weevil; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier)

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTIVAR; EMERGENCE; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIFE TABLE; SUGAR;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DRYOPHTHORINAE; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS;

EID: 51849108591     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2008)91[353:EODPCF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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