Exploration and assessment of the oviposition substrate by the cabbage root fly, Delia radicum (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-40

  Košťál, Vladimír ^a   Baur, Robert ^b   Städler, Erich ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b Eidg Forschungsanstalt   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthomyiidae; Cabbage root fly; Delia radicum; Diptera; Host plant acceptance; Olfaction; Oviposition behaviour; Root substrate; Soil; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FLY; OVIPOSITION; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANTHOMYIIDAE; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; DELIA RADICUM; DIPTERA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0034105295     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2000.009     Document Type: Article

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