Pollen beetle (Meligethes aeneus) oviposition and feeding preference on different host plant species

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-299

  Ekbom, Barbara ^a   Borg, Annika ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Feeding damage; Host plant preference; Meligethes aeneus; Oilseed crops; Oviposition

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA SPP.; CRAMBE ABYSSINICA; MELIGETHES AENEUS; SINAPIS ALBA; BRASSICA CAMPESTRIS; BRASSICA CARINATA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NIGRA; BRASSICACEAE; COLEOPTERA; NITIDULIDAE;

FEEDING PREFERENCE; OVIPOSITION;

EID: 0029661638     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00793.x     Document Type: Article

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