Influence of insecticide, wax and biofungicide treatments, applied to Pinus sylvestris and Picea abies, on the olfactory orientation of the large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-177

  Watson, Paul G ^a,b,c,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological control; Heterbasidion annosum; Host plant location; Hylobius abietis; Large pine weevil; Olfaction; Permethrin; Phlebia gigantea; Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris

Indexed keywords

ABIES; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; FOMES; HETEROBASIDION; HETEROBASIDION ANNOSUM; HYLOBIUS; HYLOBIUS ABIETIS; PHLEBIA; PHLEBIA GIGANTEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0000227251     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-9563.1999.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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