Developmental shifts in watermelon growth and reproduction caused by the squash bug, Anasa tristis

New Phytologist

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 265-273

  Biernacki, Maciej ^a,b   Lovett Doust, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anasa tristis (squash bug); Citrullus lanatus (watermelon, Cucurbitaceae); Leaf turnover; Reproductive traits; Resource allocation; Root size and area; Sap feeding herbivory; Squash bug; Water relations

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; WATER RELATIONS;

ANASA; ANASA TRISTIS; CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; COREIDAE; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE;

EID: 0036328892     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2002.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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