Clover root weevil (Sitona lepidus) - a threat to the sustainability of white clover in New Zealand pastures?
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Host plant recognition by the root feeding clover weevil, Sitona lepidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
This study investigated the ability of neonatal larvae of the root-feeding weevil, Sitona lepidus Gyllenhal, to locate white clover Trifolium repens L. (Fabaceae) roots growing in soil and to distinguish them from the roots of other species of clover and a co-occurring grass species. Choice experiments used a combination of invasive techniques and the novel technique of high resolution X-ray mi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association
سال: 1997
ISSN: 1179-4577,0369-3902
DOI: 10.33584/jnzg.1997.59.2260