Asian chestnut gall wasp in Tuscany: Gall characteristics, egg distribution and chestnut cultivar susceptibility

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-145

  Panzavolta, Tiziana ^a   Bracalini, Matteo ^a   Croci, Francesco ^a   Campani, Carlo ^a,b   Bartoletti, Tamaro ^a   Miniati, Giuditta ^a   Benedettelli, Stefano ^a   Tiberi, Riziero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ARPAT Environmental Protection Agency of Tuscany   (Italy)

Author keywords

Castanea sativa; Gall size; Gall wasp; Oviposition; Resistant cultivars

Indexed keywords

CASTANEA SATIVA; CYNIPIDAE; DRYOCOSMUS KURIPHILUS;

EID: 84859445438     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2011.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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