Effect of Furcellaran Solution as an Egg-seeding Agent on Post-hatching Survival and Development of the West Indian Sweetpotato Weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 211-217

  Ohno, S ^a,b   Sasaki, T ^b   Kohama, T ^a,b  

^a OKINAWA PREFECTURAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b Fruit Fly Eradication Project Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diet shrinkage; Egg inoculation; Feeding inhibition; Plant quarantine pest; Surface processing of diet

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 68949094230     PISSN: 12268615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1226-8615(08)60355-6     Document Type: Article

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