Western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) behavior is affected by alternating diets of corn and soybean

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 860-871

  Mabry, Timothy R ^a,b   Spencer, Joseph L ^a   Levine, Eli ^a   Isard, Scott A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b Holden's Foundation Seeds   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Crop rotation resistance; Diabrotica virgifera virgifera; Feeding; Oviposition

Indexed keywords

CROP PEST; CROP ROTATION; FECUNDITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MAIZE; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; SOYBEAN;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIABROTICA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA; DIABROTICA VIRGIFERA VIRGIFERA; GLYCINE MAX; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 4344596176     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.4.860     Document Type: Article

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