Root damage by conspecific larvae induces preference for oviposition in cabbage root flies

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 224-227

  Baur, Robert ^a   Košťál, Vladimír ^b   Städler, Erich ^a  

^a Swiss Federal Research Station for Fruit Growing Viticulture and Horticulture   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anthomyiidae; Brassica; Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; damage induced plant response; host plant selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029760246     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00923.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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