Behavioral assays for studies of host plant choice and adaptation in herbivorous insects

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 263-278

  Knolhoff, Lisa M ^a   Heckel, David G ^b  

^a Genective   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feeding assay; Host preference; Olfaction; Oviposition; Plant insect coevolution; Volatiles

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; EGG LAYING; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; INSECT; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; INSECTS; OVIPOSITION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SMELL;

EID: 84891930207     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-011613-161945     Document Type: Article

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