Preference of temperate Chinese elms (Ulmus spp.) for the adult Japanese beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 445-448

  Miller, Fredric ^a   Ware, George ^a   Jackson, Jennifer ^a  

^a MORTON ARBORETUM   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Japanese beetle; Popillia japonica; Preference; Temperate; Ulmus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LABORATORY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEETLES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LABORATORIES; TREES;

EID: 0035316646     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.2.445     Document Type: Article

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