Effect of simplifying the preparation of larval artificial diet on survival and development of the west indian sweetpotato weevil euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Urasaki, Kimiko ^a,c   Ohno, Suguru ^a,b   Haraguchi, Dai ^a   Kohama, Tsuguo ^b  

^a Okinawa Prefectural Plant Protection Center Miyakojima   (Japan)

^b OKINAWA PREFECTURAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^c Department of Agriculture   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial diet; Delayed development; Euscepes postfasciatus; Male body size reduction; Mass production

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 77449152778     PISSN: 00214914     EISSN: 13476068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/jjaez.2009.1     Document Type: Article

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