Developing in diseased host plants increases survival and fecundity in a stem-boring weevil

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-195

  Bacher, Sven ^a   Friedli, Jürg ^a   Schär, Ingrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apion onopordi; Apionidae; Biological control; Cirsium arvense; Coleoptera; Herbivory; Multitrophic; Mutualism; Phytopathogen; Puccinia punctiformis; Rust fungus

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; FECUNDITY; HOST PLANT; STEM BORER; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; APION; APION ONOPORDI; APIONIDAE; BRENTIDAE; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM ARVENSE; COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PUCCINIA; PUCCINIA PUNCTIFORMIS; UREDINALES;

EID: 0036588585     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2002.00974.x     Document Type: Article

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