Effects of Brassica oleracea waxblooms on predation and attachment by Hippodamia convergens

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 125-130

  Eigenbrode, Sanford D ^a   Kabalo, Nelson N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Attachment; Plant surface waxes; Plutella xylostella; Predation; Tritrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CHRYSOPERLA FLORABUNDA; CHRYSOPERLA PLORABUNDA; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HIPPODAMIA CONVERGENS; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA;

EID: 0032835857     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00474.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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