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Filtering by: Creator Flowers, Micahel Darrell, 1971- Creator Undurraga O., Jaime M. Resource Type Dissertation

Effects of temperature and other abiotic and biotic factors on development and survival of the immature stages of the alfalfa leafcutting bee, Megachile pacifica (Panzer) (=rotundata (F.)) (Hymenoptera:Megachilidae)

Creator:

Undurraga O., Jaime M.

Abstract:

Larval mortality of leafcutting bee, Megachile pacifica (Panzer) (= rotundata (F.)), is high, usually exceeding 50%. Parasites and predators are not a limiting factor in the survival of the progeny. The disease chalk brood has been an important mortality factor since 1974. Inadequate food supply, pollen and nectar, may affect...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

Dority, William Panike, Darrell Panike, George Schiemer, Robert Ure and Van Ure, of Malheur County, for