Lower temperature thresholds for oviposition and egg hatching of the Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in a Mediterranean climate

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-102

  Dembilio, O ^a   Tapia, G V ^b   Tellez M M ^b   Jacas, J A ^c  

^a Institut Valencia d'Investigacions Agraries IVIA   (Spain)

^b IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

biology; ecology; egg hatching; fecundity; oviposition rate; reproductive parameters; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CROP PEST; DECIDUOUS TREE; FECUNDITY; HATCHING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OVIPOSITION; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PHENOLOGY; PRUNING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; COLD; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPAIN; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; ARECACEAE; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; MALE; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; SEASONS; SPAIN; WEEVILS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS;

EID: 84555169151     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485311000411     Document Type: Article

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