Quantification of consumption of corn pollen by the predator Coleomegilla maculata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) during anthesis in an Illinois cornfield

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-60

  Lundgren, Jonathan G ^a,b   Huber, Alison ^a   Wiedenmann, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Bt; Facultative phytophagy; Ladybeetles; Pollinivory; Risk assessment; Transgenic crops; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; COLEOPTERA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 13544256494     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9555.2005.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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