Characterising insect plant host relationships facilitates understanding multiple host use

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-17

  Manners, Andrew G ^a,b   Palmer, William A ^a,c   Dhileepan, K ^a,c   Hastwell, Graeme T ^c   Walter, Gimme H ^a,b  

^a The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Fiddlewood; Host plant finding; Host specificity testing; Lantana; Non target effects; Polyphagy; Primary host plant; Secondary host plant

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST PLANT; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST USE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MATURATION; OVIPOSITION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SURVIVAL;

ACONOPHORA COMPRESSA; CITHAREXYLUM; CITHAREXYLUM SPINOSUM; DURANTA; DURANTA ERECTA; GEISHA; HEXAPODA; JACARANDA; JACARANDA MIMOSIFOLIA; LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA; MYOPORUM; SCROPHULARIACEAE; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 77649235387     PISSN: 18728855     EISSN: 18728847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-009-9079-2     Document Type: Article

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