Indigestibility of plant cell wall by the Australian plague locust, Chortoicetes terminifera

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 159-168

  Clissold, F J ^a   Sanson, G D ^a   Read, J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acrididae; Mechanical defence; Orthoptera; Plant animal interactions; Poaceae

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIBILITY; HERBIVORY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ACRIDIDAE; ACRIDINAE; ANIMALIA; ASTREBLA; ASTREBLA LAPPACEA; DACTYLOCTENIUM; DACTYLOCTENIUM RADULANS; ORTHOPTERA; POACEAE; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 4644231981     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-8703.2004.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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