In Field Damage of High and Low Cyanogenic Cassava Due to a Generalist Insect Herbivore Cyrtomenus bergi (Hemiptera: Cydnidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1915-1921

  Riis, Lisbeth ^a   Bellotti, Anthony Charles ^a   Castaño, Oscar ^a,b  

^a Pest and Disease Management Unit   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CALDAS   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cassava; Cyanogenic potential; Cyrtomenus bergi; Plant resistance; Secondary plant metabolite

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CYDNIDAE; CYRTOMENUS; CYRTOMENUS BERGI; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0742323102     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.6.1915     Document Type: Article

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