Host plant quality of tamarix ramosissima and T. parviflora for three sibling species of the biocontrol insect diorhabda elongata (coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1373-1378

  Dalin, Peter ^a,b   O'Neal, Melissa J ^c   Dudley, Tom ^a   Bean, Daniel W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Biological Pest Control   (United States)

Author keywords

Diorhabda elongata; Host choice; Introduced species; Larval performance; Tamarisk biocontrol

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DEFOLIATION; HOST PLANT; HOST SELECTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; SHRUB; SIBLING; SURVIVAL; WEED CONTROL;

NORTH AMERICA;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIORHABDA; DIORHABDA ELONGATA; HEXAPODA; TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX; TAMARIX CHINENSIS; TAMARIX PARVIFLORA; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOMASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAMARICACEAE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOMASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAMARICACEAE;

EID: 77449089912     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0504     Document Type: Article

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