Glands of leaf beetle larvae - Protective structures against attacking predators and pathogens

Research on Chrysomelidae

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 177-189

  Gross, Jürgen ^a   Schmidtberg, Henrike ^b  

^a Institute for Plant Protection in Fruit Crops and Viticulture   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

(epi)chrysomelidial; Antimicrobial activity; Antimicrobial defense; Chrysomela vigintipunctata; Fumigants; Gastrophysa viridula; Glandular secretion; Phaedon cochleariae; Phratora vitellinae; Plagiodera versicolora

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549284982     PISSN: 18763111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004169470.1-299.63     Document Type: Conference Paper

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