Performance of the fir coneworm Dioryctria abietivorella (Grote) as affected by host species and presence or absence of seed cones

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-194

  Trudel, Richard ^a   Bauce, Éric ^a   Guertin, Claude ^b   Cabana, Jean ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^c MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dioryctria abietivorella; Fir coneworm; Host plant; Larval performance; Seed cone; Seed orchard

Indexed keywords

ABIES; DIORYCTRIA; DIORYCTRIA ABIETIVORELLA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0442327224     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-9563.1999.00028.x     Document Type: Article

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