Resistance to the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), in potato (Solanum tuberosum ssp. tuberosum L.) tubers

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-51

  Gurr, G M ^a   Symington, C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiosis; Antixenosis; Host plant resistance

Indexed keywords

GELECHIIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHTHORIMAEA; PHTHORIMAEA OPERCULELLA; SEQUOIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0347599241     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1998.tb01542.x     Document Type: Article

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