Can facultative parthenogenesis occur in biparental mealybug species?

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-21

  da Silva, Elsa Borges ^a,b   Mendel, Zvi ^c   Franco, José Carlos ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coccoidea; Hemiptera; Planococcus citri; Pseudococcidae; Pseudococcus calceolariae; Pseudococcus viburni; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

COCCOIDEA; HEMIPTERA; PLANOCOCCUS CITRI; PSEUDOCOCCIDAE; PSEUDOCOCCUS CALCEOLARIAE; PSEUDOCOCCUS VIBURNI;

EID: 76449088734     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12600-009-0069-9     Document Type: Article

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