Absence of food-aversion learning by a polyphagous scarab, Popillia japonica, following intoxication by geranium, Pelargonium x hortorum

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-88

  Potter, Daniel A ^a   Held, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food aversion learning; Host plant selection; Japanese beetle; Polyphagy; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; FECUNDITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENERALIST; LEARNING;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; HORTORUM; JAPONICA; MALVACEAE; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM HORTORUM; PELARGONIUM X HORTORUM; POPILLIA JAPONICA; SCARABAEIDAE; TILIA CORDATA;

EID: 0032884430     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00468.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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