Effects of fertilization on insect resistance of woody ornamental plants: Reassessing an entrenched paradigm

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 923-933

  Herms, Daniel A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Growth differentiation balance; Host plant resistance; Secondary metabolism; Woody plants

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PEST RESISTANCE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TRADE-OFF;

ACARI; ARANEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; TETRANYCHIDAE;

EID: 0036958620     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.6.923     Document Type: Review

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