Resistance of temperate Chinese elms (Ulmus spp.) to feeding by the adult elm leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 162-166

  Miller, Fredric ^a   Ware, George ^a,b  

^a Joliet Junior College   (United States)

^b MORTON ARBORETUM   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Elm leaf beetle; Pyrrhalta luteola; Temperate regions; Ulmus

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; ROSALES;

EID: 0035257084     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.1.162     Document Type: Article

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