Responses to olfactory and visual cues by over-wintered and summer generations of the pollen beetle, Meligethes aeneus: Short communication

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 188-193

  Jönsson, Martin ^a   Rosdahl, Kristina ^a   Anderson, Peter ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brassicaceae; Interaction; Nitidulidae; Oilseed rape; Olfaction; Physiological status; Plant insect interactions; Stimuli; Vision

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DICOTYLEDON; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; OVERWINTERING; OVIPOSITION; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLEN; VISUAL CUE;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICACEAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; MELIGETHES; MELIGETHES AENEUS; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 34247880283     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2007.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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