Mexican diabroticite beetles: I. Laboratory test on host breadth of Acalymma and Diabrotica spp.

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-62

  Eben, Astrid ^a,c   Barbercheck, Mary E ^a   Aluja S, Martín ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acalymma; cucurbitacin B; Diabrotica; feeding choice tests; host breadth

Indexed keywords

ACALYMMA; DIABROTICA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CUCURBITA PEPO; CUCURBITACEAE; FABACEAE; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

CUCURBITACIN; FEEDING PREFERENCE; HOST BREADTH;

MEXICO;

EID: 0030617553     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00113.x     Document Type: Article

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