Population dynamics of the West Indian sweetpotato weevil Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire): a simulation analysis

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 303-312

  Sato, Y ^a   Miyai, S ^a   Haraguchi, D ^b   Ohno, S ^c   Kohama, T ^c   Kawamura, K ^d   Yamagishi, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Prefectural Plant Protection Center Miyakojima   (Japan)

^c OKINAWA PREFECTURAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^d Okinawa Prefectural Plant Protection Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developmental threshold; Euscepes postfasciatus; Population dynamics; Simulation model; Sweet potato; Thermal constant; Wild host plant

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CROP PEST; FIELD SURVEY; HOST PLANT; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY; STERILE RELEASE METHOD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TUBER;

JAPAN; KUME ISLAND; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; OKINAWA ISLANDS; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

EUSCEPES POSTFASCIATUS; HEXAPODA; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; IPOMOEA INDICA; IPOMOEA PES-CAPRAE;

EID: 77953146880     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2009.01477.x     Document Type: Article

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