Western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte) population dynamics

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-46

  Meinke, Lance J ^a   Sappington, Thomas W ^b   Onstad, David W ^c   Guillemaud, Thomas ^d   Miller, Nicholas J ^b   Komáromi, Judit ^e   Levay, Nora ^e   Furlan, Lorenzo ^f   Kiss, József ^e   Toth, Ferenc ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Development; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera; Diapause; Europe; Invasiveness; Maize; North America; Population dynamics; Seasonality; Western corn rootworm; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; HEXAPODA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 58549117739     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2008.00419.x     Document Type: Review

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