Influence of male density on the courtship and mating duration of male rice weevils, sitophilus oryzae

New Zealand Plant Protection

Volumn 62, Issue , 2009, Pages 76-79

  Flay, C D ^a   He, X Z ^a   Wang, Q ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Male density; Mating behaviour; Sitophilus oryzae

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; SITOPHILUS ORYZAE;

EID: 76749106607     PISSN: 11759003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30843/nzpp.2009.62.4788     Document Type: Article

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