Bulletin of Entomological Research (1969) 58, 487-504

S.H. Hodjat (1969)
The effects of crowding on the survival, rate of development, size, colour and fecundity of Dysdercus fasciatus Sign. (Hem., Pyrrhocoridae) in the laboratory
Bulletin of Entomological Research 58 (3), 487-504
Abstract: This work was designed to test the phase theory on the hemipteran cotton stainer, Dysderus fasciatus. Crowding increased the rate of development of nymphs but reduced fecundity and length of adult life, as in Schistocerca gregaria. In general, however, the results showed no distinct parallel with the phase differences of locusts.
(The abstract is excluded from the Creative Commons licence and has been copied from Acridological Abstracts with permission by NRI, Univ. of Greenwich at Medway.)
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Dysdercus fasciatus