Loss of integument in maturing fruits prevents gall induction by the midge, Asphondylia aucubae (Cecidomyiidae: Diptera)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1109-1114

  Imai, K ^a   Ohsaki, N ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asphondylia aucubae; Integument; Phenological synchrony; Phenological window; Reactive plant tissue

Indexed keywords

EGG DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT; GALL; INSECT; MATURATION; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ASPHONDYLIA AUCUBAE; AUCUBA JAPONICA; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33750214892     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.4.1109     Document Type: Article

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