Recent advances in the study on sterile technique for the West Indian sweet potato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus

Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 217-236

  Kumano, Norikuni ^a,b,c  

^a Okinawa Prefectural Plant Protection Center Miyakojima   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Prefectural Plant Protection Center   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLAS FORMICARIUS; EUSCEPES POSTFASCIATUS;

EID: 84912123567     PISSN: 00214914     EISSN: 13476068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/jjaez.2014.217     Document Type: Article

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