Resistance to the birch leafminer Fenusa pusilla (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) within the genus Betula

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1810-1813

  Hoch, W A ^a   Zeldin, E L ^a   Mccown, B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Betula spp.; Birch leafminer; Fenusa pusilla; Hypersensitive response; No choice assay

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYMENOPTERA; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

EID: 0034565782     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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