The effect of pyrrolizidine alkaloids on the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say)

Acta Biologica Cracoviensia Series Zoologia

Volumn 46, Issue , 2004, Pages 83-86

  Kropczyńska, Danuta ^a   Kawka, Beata ^a   Pietrosiuk, Agnieszka ^b   Furmanowa, Mirosława ^b   Wiedenfeld, Helmut ^c  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colorado potato beetle; Herbivores; Insecticides; Leptinotarsa decemlineata; Lithospermum canescens; Plant antifeedants; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749061314     PISSN: 0001530X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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