Effects of environmental humidity on the survival and development of pine caterpillars, Dendrolimus tabulaeformis (lepidoptera: lasiocampidae)

Insect Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-152

  Han, Rui Dong ^a,b   Parajulee, Megha ^c   Zhong, He ^a   Feng, Ge ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b Weifang Forestry Bureau of Shandong Province   (China)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold hardiness; Dendrolimus tabulaeformis; Development; Mortality; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

DENDROLIMUS; LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PINUS TABULIFORMIS;

EID: 65249130647     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2008.00195.x     Document Type: Article

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