The role of pollen odour in the attraction of pollen beetles to oilseed rape flowers

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-50

  Cook, Samantha M ^a   Bartlet, Elspeth ^a   Murray, Darren A ^a   Williams, Ingrid H ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Floral volatiles; Host plant location; Linear track olfactometer; Meligethes aeneus; Pollen beetle; Pollen volatiles

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; BEETLE; FLOWER; HOST LOCATION; ODOR; PEST SPECIES; POLLEN;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICACEAE; COLEOPTERA; FABRICIUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELIGETHES AENEUS; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 0036665269     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2002.00989.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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