Inhibition of Seed Germination by Extracts of Bitter Hawkesbury Watermelon Containing Cucurbitacin, a Feeding Stimulant for Corn Rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 441-445

  Martin, Phyllis A W ^a   Blackburn, Michael ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bait; Corn rootworm; Cucurbitacin E glycoside; Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi; Insect control

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA; DIABROTICA UNDECIMPUNCTATA HOWARDI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0242411521     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.2.441     Document Type: Article

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