Herbivory by sucking mirid bugs can reduce nectar production in Asphodelus aestivus Brot.

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 153-158

  Samocha, Yael ^a   Sternberg, Marcelo ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Capsodes infuscatus; Geophyte; Leaf damage; Plant insect interaction; Pollination success; Seed production

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOPHYTE; HERBIVORY; INSECT; LEAF; NECTAR; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; SEED PRODUCTION;

ASPHODELUS AESTIVUS; CAPSODES INFUSCATUS; HEXAPODA; MIRIDAE;

EID: 77956647548     PISSN: 18728855     EISSN: 18728847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-010-9091-6     Document Type: Article

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