Host plant recognition by the root feeding clover weevil, Sitona lepidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 433-439

  Johnson, S N ^a   Gregory, P J ^a   Murray, P J ^b   Zhang, X ^c   Young, I M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HOST LOCATION; LARVA; ROOT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CLOVER; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; LOLIUM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LARVA; LOLIUM; PLANT ROOTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY; TRIFOLIUM;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; FABACEAE; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; POACEAE; SITONA; SITONA LEPIDUS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM FRAGIFERUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; TRIFOLIUM SUBTERRANEUM;

EID: 6344287363     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2004317     Document Type: Article

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