Interspecific variation in resistance of Asian, European, and North American birches (Betula spp.) to Bronze birch borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 648-653

  Nielsen, David G ^a   Muilenburg, Vanessa L ^a   Herms, Daniel A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrilus anxius; biogeography; coevolution; host plant resistance; wood borers

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COEVOLUTION; COLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HOST PLANT; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; PEST RESISTANCE; PEST SPECIES; PLANT DEFENSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; BEETLE; BIRCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; HOST RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASIA; BEETLES; BETULA; EUROPE; HOST SPECIFICITY; NORTH AMERICA;

AGRILUS ANXIUS; BETULA; BETULA MAXIMOWICZIANA; BETULA NIGRA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PLATYPHYLLA SZECHUANICA; BETULA POPULIFOLIA; BETULA PUBESCENS; BUPRESTIDAE; COLEOPTERA; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS;

EID: 79958758606     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN10227     Document Type: Article

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