The effect of flower colour and glucosinolates on the interaction between oilseed rape and pollen beetles

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 206-208

  Giamoustaris, A ^a   Mithen, R ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biosynthesis; Brassica napus; isothiocyanates; Meligethes aeneus; plant genetics; Raphanus raphanistrum; secondary plant metabolites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029782282     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00919.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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