Death of Quercus crispula by inoculation with adult Platypus quercivorus (Coleoptera: Platypodidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 123-128

  Kinuura, Haruo ^a   Kobayashi, Masahide ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Kyoto Prefectural Forestry Experimental Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mass mortality; Oak; Pathogenic fungi; Raffaelea quercivora; Vector

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; FUNGI; LITHOCARPUS GLABER; PLATYPODINI; PLATYPUS (BEETLE); PLATYPUS QUERCIVORUS; QUERCUS CRISPULA; RAFFAELEA QUERCIVORA;

EID: 33645718178     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2006.123     Document Type: Article

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