Host specificity tests on leaf-feeding insects aberrations from the use of excised leaves

Title: Host specificity tests on leaf-feeding insects aberrations from the use of excised leaves
Creator: Olckers, T, Hulley, Patrick E
Subject: To be catalogued
Date: 1994
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/452340
Identifier: vital:75121
Identifier: https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA10213589_137
Description: Starvation tests, in which herbivorous insects are confined to plants under cage conditions, are integral to determining the host range and suitability of candidate agents for weed biocontrol (Cullen 1990). The acceptance or rejection of test plants under these artificial conditions can, however, be influenced by the quality of the plants presented (Shepherd 1990); starvation tests on leaf-feeding insects are often carried out with bouquets or excised leaves as opposed to whole plants. This study presents the results of two independent experiments that illustrate potential problems associated with the use of excised leaves during host specificity tests.
Format: 3 pages, pdf
Language: English
Relation: African Entomology, Olckers, T. and Hulley, P.E., 1994. Host specificity tests on leaf-feeding insects: aberrations from the use of excised leaves African Entomology, African Entomology volume 1994 number 1 1 3 1994 2254-8854
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