Effect of food supply on development, survival, body weight and reproduction of Nysius huttoni White (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)

New Zealand Entomologist

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-40

  He, X Z ^a   Wang, Q ^a   Carpenter, A ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Development and reproduction; Host plant; Lygaeidae; Nysius huttoni; Sunflower seeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007832031     PISSN: 00779962     EISSN: 11793430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2002.9722092     Document Type: Article

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