Effect of methoprene on the progeny production of Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Pest Management Science

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-224

  Wijayaratne, Leanage K W ^a,b   Fields, Paul G ^b   Arthur, Frank H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Cereal Research Centre   (Canada)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

All or nothing; Bimodal; Larvae; Methoprene; Progeny

Indexed keywords

METHOPRENE;

ADULT; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL CONTROL; CROP PEST; FOOD STORAGE; GROWTH REGULATOR; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; WHEAT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; REPRODUCTION; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; METHOPRENE; REPRODUCTION; TRIBOLIUM;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; TENEBRIONIDAE; TRIBOLIUM (BEETLE); TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84855354840     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2247     Document Type: Article

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