Ergopeptine Alkaloids and Neotyphodium lolii-Mediated Resistance in Perennial Ryegrass Against Adult Heteronychus arator (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1382-1391

  Ball, Olivier J P ^a   Miles, Christopher O ^b   Prestidge, Ron A ^b  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acremonium; Endophyte; Ergovaline; Heteronychus arator; Neotyphodium lolii; Perennial ryegrass

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; DAUCUS CAROTA; FUNGI; HETERONYCHUS; HETERONYCHUS ARATOR; LISTRONOTUS; LISTRONOTUS BONARIENSIS; LOLIUM PERENNE; MAMMALIA; NEOTYPHODIUM LOLII; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0001550365     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.5.1382     Document Type: Article

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