Host species and plant part specificity of the polyphagous onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), in an Australian cotton-growing area

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-119

  Milne, M ^a   Walter, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Host plant relationships; Polyphagy; Thrips tabaci; Thysanoptera

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; ECHIUM; ECHIUM PLANTAGINEUM; GLANDULARIA PULCHELLA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; RAPISTRUM RUGOSUM; RUMEX; RUMEX CRISPUS; SONCHUS; SONCHUS OLERACEUS; THRIPIDAE; THRIPS TABACI; THYSANOPTERA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VERBENA; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 0005961929     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1998.tb01557.x     Document Type: Article

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