Can chemical cues from blossom buds influence cultivar preference in the apple blossom weevil (Anthonomus pomorum)?

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-52

  Kalinová, Blanka ^a   Stránský, Karel ^a   Harmatha, Juraj ^a   Čtvrtečka, Richard ^b   Žd'árek, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b North Bohemian Museum   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Apple blossom weevil; Bud volatiles; Cultivar preference; Electroantennogram; GC EAD; Host plant orientation; Insect plant relationship; Kairomones

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; CULTIVAR; HOST PREFERENCE; PEST SPECIES;

ANTHONOMUS POMORUM; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE;

EID: 0343237778     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2000.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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