The neogregarine protozoan Farinocystis sp. reduces longevity and fecundity in the West Indian sweet potato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 298-304

  Kumano, Norikuni ^a,b   Iwata, Noriko ^a   Kuriwada, Takashi ^a,b   Shiromoto, Keiko ^a,b   Haraguchi, Dai ^a   Yasunaga Aoki, Chisa ^c   Kohama, Tsuguo ^d  

^a Okinawa Prefectural Plant Protection Center Miyakojima   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Prefectural Plant Protection Center   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OKINAWA PREFECTURAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gregarinia; Imopoea; Mass rearing; Sterile insect technique (SIT)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; EUKARYOTE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LONGEVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; EUKARYOTA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LONGEVITY; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; WEEVILS;

CURCULIONIDAE; CYLAS FORMICARIUS; EUSCEPES POSTFASCIATUS; GREGARINIA; HEXAPODA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77958189476     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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