High population density and egg cannibalism reduces the efficiency of mass-rearing in Euscepes postfasciatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-228

  Kuriwada, Takashi ^a,b   Kumano, Norikuni ^a,b   Shiromoto, Keiko ^a,b   Haraguchi, Dai ^a  

^a Okinawa Prefectural Plant Protection Center Miyakojima   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Prefectural Plant Protection Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial diet; Density effect; Mass rearing; Sterile insect technique; West Indian sweetpotato weevil

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CANNIBALISM; EGG; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; REARING; STERILE RELEASE METHOD; VINE;

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

EID: 67651121869     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.092.0205     Document Type: Article

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