Thin bark and high density of outer resin ducts: Interrelated resistance traits in Sitka spruce against the white pine weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 235-239

  Tomlin, Elizabeth S ^a   Borden, John H ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pissodes strobi; Resistance; Sitka spruce

Indexed keywords

INSECT RESISTANCE;

PICEA SITCHENSIS; PISSODES STROBI;

EID: 0031422502     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.1.235     Document Type: Article

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