Mini-seedlings of Picea abies are less attacked by Hylobius abietis than conventional ones: Is plant chemistry the explanation?

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 299-306

  Pettersson, Marie ^a   Kännaste, Astrid ^a   Lindström, Anders ^b   Hellqvist, Claes ^c   Stattin, Eva ^b   Långström, Bo ^c   Borg Karlson, Anna Karin ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Green leaf volatiles; Growth; Hylobius abietis; Picea abies; Seedling size; Survival; Terpenes; Weevil damage

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KETONES; LAND RECLAMATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLEFINS; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; SILICONES;

FIELD EXPERIMENTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY - MASS SPECTROMETRY; GREEN LEAF VOLATILES; GROWTH; HYLOBIUS ABIETIS; MONOTERPENES; NORWAY SPRUCE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PICEA ABIES; PINE WEEVIL; SEEDLING SIZE; SESQUITERPENES; SOLID PHASE MICRO-EXTRACTION; SPME-GC-MS; SURVIVAL; TERPENES; WEEVIL DAMAGE;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; HYLOBIUS ABIETIS; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 49949114098     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827580802203560     Document Type: Article

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