Relationship between cortical resin acids and resistance of Sitka spruce to the white pine weevil

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 599-606

  Tomlin, Elizabeth S ^a   Borden, John H ^a   Pierce Jr , Harold D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortex; Picea; Pissodes strobi; Resin acids; Resistance

Indexed keywords

CORTICAL RESIN ACID; PEST RESISTANCE; RESIN ACID; SITKA SPRUCE; WHITE PINE WEEVIL;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PISSODES STROBI;

EID: 0029751249     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b96-076     Document Type: Article

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