Effects of age, sex, and dietary history on response to cucurbitacin in Acalymma vittatum

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 69-78

  Smyth, Rebecca R ^a   Tallamy, Douglas W ^b   Renwick, J Alan A ^c   Hoffmann, Michael P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelochemicals; Chrysomelidae; Coleoptera; Cucumber; Cucumis sativus; Cucurbitacins; Defense theory; Host plant resistance; Phagostimulation; Striped cucumber beetle

Indexed keywords

ALLELOCHEMICAL; BEETLE; HERBIVORY; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST SPECIFICITY;

ACALYMMA VITTATUM; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036665199     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2002.00992.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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