Physical characteristics as potential host selection cues for Leptoglossus occidentalis (Heteroptera: Coreidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 246-254

  Blatt, Suzanne E ^a   Borden, John H ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Host selection; Leptoglossus occidentalis; Plant stress hypothesis; Plant vigor hypothesis

Indexed keywords

CHI SQUARE ANALYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PINUS CONTORTA; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

HOST SELECTION; ORCHARD; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; VISUAL CUE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ABIES; ANIMALIA; COREIDAE; HETEROPTERA; LEPTOGLOSSUS OCCIDENTALIS; LYGAEIDAE; PINUS CONTORTA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0032964636     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.2.246     Document Type: Article

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