Rearing optimization of red palm weevil: Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on date palm: Phoenix dactylifera

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 756-760

  Aldawood, A S ^a   Rasool, K G ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Date palm cultivars; Rearing; Red Palm Weevil; Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CROP PEST; CULTIVAR; MONOCOTYLEDON; OPTIMIZATION; PUPA; REARING;

RIYADH [SAUDI ARABIA]; SAUDI ARABIA;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; RHYNCHOPHORUS FERRUGINEUS;

EID: 84855822260     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.094.0404     Document Type: Article

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