Determination of the optimum sterilizing radiation dose for control of the red date palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Oliv. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Crop Protection

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1377-1380

  Al Ayedh, Hassan Yahya ^a   Rasool, Khawaja Gulam ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Gamma radiation; Optimum sterilizing dose; Red date palm weevil; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Oliv.; RPW

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CULTIVAR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EGG; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LABORATORY METHOD; STERILITY;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DRYOPHTHORINAE; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS;

EID: 77957927827     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2010.06.019     Document Type: Article

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