Sunflower Resistance to the Red Sunflower Seed Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 779-783

  Gao, Huihua ^a   Brewer, Gary J ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antixenosis; Helianthus annuus; Host plant resistance; Smicronyx fulvus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011128196     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/91.3.779     Document Type: Article

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