Cucurbitacins as Feeding and Oviposition Deterrents to Insects

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 678-683

  Tallamy, Douglas W ^a   Stull, Jason ^a   Ehresman, Nathan P ^a   Gorski, Piotr M ^a   Mason, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifeedant; Antiovipositant; Cucurbitacins

Indexed keywords

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; CEROTOMA TRIFURCATA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; CILIOPHORA; COLEOPTERA; CORYTHUCHA CILIATA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; GARGAPHIA SOLANI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; JAPONICA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NAUPHOETA CINEREA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; PEREGRINUS MAIDIS; PISUM; POPILLIA JAPONICA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPODOPTERA; TENEBRIO; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TRICHOPLUSIA NI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0000838394     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.3.678     Document Type: Article

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