Irradiation does not affect field dispersal ability in the West Indian sweetpotato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-72

  Kumano, Norikuni ^a,b   Kawamura, Futoshi ^a   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; Mark release recapture; Pest control; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DISPERSAL; FLIGHTLESSNESS; IRRADIATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PEST CONTROL; WIND DIRECTION;

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

EID: 57349104069     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2008.00795.x     Document Type: Article

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