Migration to and dispersal from oilseed rape by the pollen beetle, Meligethes aeneus, in relation to wind direction

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 279-286

  Williams, Ingrid H ^a   Frearson, Dave ^a   Barari, Hassan ^b   McCartney, Alastair ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Research Center of Natural Resources of Mazandaran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Dispersal; Emigration; Flight; Herbivore; Host plant location; Immigration; Oilseed rape; Pest; Upwind anemotaxis; Wind direction

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA NAPUS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; MELIGETHES; MELIGETHES AENEUS;

EID: 35448956882     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2007.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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