Role of floral repellents in the regulation of flower visits of extrafloral nectary-visiting ants in an Indian crop plant

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-65

  Agarwal, Vivek Mohan ^a   Rastogi, Neelkamal ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ant plant interactions; Ants; Extrafloral nectaries; Floral repellents; Luffa cylindrica; Plant traits

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP PLANT; FLORAL TRAIT; FLOWER VISITING; NECTAR; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPELLENT; VEGETABLE;

CAMPONOTUS COMPRESSUS; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; LUFFA; LUFFA AEGYPTIACA; PACHYCONDYLA; PHEIDOLE; TAPINOMA MELANOCEPHALUM; TETRAMORIUM;

EID: 38349184514     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00938.x     Document Type: Article

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