The applicability of the plant vigor and resource regulation hypotheses in explaining Epiblema gall moth-Parthenium weed interactions

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-70

  Dhileepan, K ^a,b  

^a Dept of Natural Resources and Mines ^*  (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Epiblema strenuana; Gall moth; Insect plant interaction; Lepidoptera; Parthenium hysterophorus; Plant preference; Plant vigor hypothesis; Resource regulation hypothesis; Tortricidae; Weed biological control

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GALL INSECT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; VIGOR; WEED CONTROL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; CECIDOSIDAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PARTHENIUM; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 7244226360     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-8703.2004.00209.x     Document Type: Article

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