Interactions between green spruce aphid (Elatobium abietinum (Walker)) and Norway and Sitka spruce under high and low nutrient conditions

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 263-274

  Straw, N A ^a   Green, G ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defoliation; Elatobium abietinum; Fertiliser treatment; Growth loss; Norway spruce; Resistance; Sitka spruce

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; ELATOBIUM; ELATOBIUM ABIETINUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0035202332     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-9555.2001.00113.x     Document Type: Article

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