Anatomical and nutritional factors associated with susceptibility of elms (Ulmus spp.) to the elm leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 944-954

  Bosu, Paul P ^a,b   Wagner, Michael R ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Defoliation; Elm leaf beetle; Leaf toughness; Trichomes; Ulmus spp

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; ELM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; TREE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; TREES; ULMUS;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; PYRRHALTA LUTEOLA; ULMUS; XANTHOGALERUCA LUTEOLA;

EID: 46849114296     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[944:AANFAW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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