Effect of prior diet on consumption and digestion of prey and non-prey food by adults of the generalist predator Coleomegilla maculata

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-152

  Weber, Donald C ^a   Lundgren, Jonathan G ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTH CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Chrysomelidae; Coccinellidae; Coleoptera; Diet switching; Leptinotarsa decemlineata; Omnivory; Pollen; Preconditioning; Predation; Quantitative PCR; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DIET; DIGESTION; EGG; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GENERALIST; GRASS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INGESTION RATE; MAIZE; NATURAL ENEMY; OMNIVORY; POLLEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; SURVIVAL;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOMEGILLA MACULATA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79960358598     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01141.x     Document Type: Article

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