Characterizing toxicity of Pelargonium spp. and Two other reputedly toxic plant species to Japanese beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 873-880

  Held, D W ^a   Potter, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesculus parviflora; Delphinium elatum; Pelargonium; Popillia japonica

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FEEDING; TOXICITY;

AESCULUS PARVIFLORA; CALLISTEMON; CICONIUM; COLEOPTERA; DELPHINIUM; DELPHINIUM ELATUM; GERANIACEAE; HEDERA; HORTORUM; JAPONICA; JUNONIA COENIA; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM HORTORUM; PELARGONIUM INQUININS; PELARGONIUM PELTATUM; PELARGONIUM SCARBOROVIA; PELARGONIUM X HORTORUM; PELARGONIUM ZONALE; POPILLIA JAPONICA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABIDAE;

EID: 0141797327     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-32.4.873     Document Type: Article

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