Effect of pea lectin expressed transgenically in oilseed rape on pollen beetle life‐history parameters

A Lehrman, I Åhman, B Ekbom - Entomologia experimentalis et …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… is known to be reduced if larval density is high on low-quality hosts (Ekbom, 1998), but in
our study we found no such correlation. Neither could we detect any density-dependent effect …

[HTML][HTML] Food preferences in a generalist pollen feeder: A nutritional strategy mainly driven by plant carbohydrates

L Bellec, AM Cortesero, T Giguère, S Faure… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
… Results: We show that pollen beetles are generalist at the individual … Pollen beetles prefer
to feed on flowers with a carbohydrate-… here, host-plant selection by pollen feeders can also be …

[PDF][PDF] Assessing meteorological key factors influencing crop invasion by pollen beetle (Meligethes aeneus F.)–past observations and future perspectives

J Junk, M Jonas, M Eickermann - Meteorol Z, 2016 - researchgate.net
… In the future, crop invasion by pollen beetles will probably be … The pollen beetle migration
model indicated that this change … Our phenological model should improve pollen beetle

[PDF][PDF] Genetic diversity in European pollen beetle, Meligethes aeneus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), populations assessed using AFLP analysis.

N Kazachkova, J Meijer, B Ekbom - European Journal of Entomology, 2008 - eje.cz
… about pollen beetle preferences and host plant chemistry. Although pollen beetle incidence
… genetic variation between different populations of European pollen beetles. Populations of …

Temperature and host species affect nuptial gift size in a seed‐feeding beetle

CW Fox, RC Stillwell, WG Wallin… - Functional …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
… 1C) – when beetles were raised on azuki seeds the male ejaculate represented a much …
) of his mate's body mass than when beetles were raised on either of the other hosts (F 2,321 …

Host plant use in sympatric closely related flea beetles

HJ Xue, XK Yang - Environmental entomology, 2007 - academic.oup.com
… experiments on the host preference and performance of these flea beetles to study … host
plants and whether monophagous and oligophagous flea beetles use the same strategy in host

Field oviposition rates and egg load dynamics of pollen beetles (Meligethes aeneus Fab.) (Colepotera: Nitidulidae)

B Ekbom, V Ferdinand - Agricultural and forest entomology, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
pollen beetles (Meligethes aeneus Fab., Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) were determined by
dissecting beetles … Field collected beetles were offered Brassica napus (L.) plants in cages for 8 (…

[HTML][HTML] Impact of herbivory and pollination on performance and competitive ability of oilseed rape transformed for pollen beetle resistance

I Åhman, A Lehrman, B Ekbom - Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2009 - Springer
Pollen beetles affected plant growth and reproduction, but there were no consistent … with
pollen beetles than without, indicating that some pollination was carried out by the beetles. …

[PDF][PDF] The spread of pollen beetles (Meligethes aeneus) in spring oilseed rape (Brassica napus) and the efficacy of pyrethroids

E Petraitiene, I Brazauskiene, R Smatas… - …, 2008 - zemdirbyste-agriculture.lt
… to the studies of pollen beetle occurrence and harmfulness in spring … assessments indicate
that pollen beetle tended to occur in … , life cycle and host preferences of pollen beetles // EPPO …

[HTML][HTML] … pollen source inventory for Italy: a multi-purpose tool to assess the impact of the ragweed leaf beetle (Ophraella communa LeSage) on populations of its host …

M Bonini, B Šikoparija, CA Skjøth, G Cislaghi… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
… Here, we produce Ambrosia pollen source inventories for Italy that focuses on the periods …
beetle. The inventory uses the top–down approach that combines the annual Ambrosia pollen