Post hoc assessment of host plant use in a generalist invader: implications for understanding insect–plant interactions and weed biocontrol

• Published in: Arthropod-plant interactions Vol. 7; no. 4; pp. 379 - 388
• Main Authors: Rafter, M. A., Walter, G. H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.08.2013; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Behavioral Sciences; Biological control; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Ecology; Entomology; Herbivores; Host plants; Host range; Indigenous species; Insects; Invertebrates; Life Sciences; Original Paper; Plant Pathology; Plant Sciences; Plant species; Population; Weeds; Australia; Host testing; Generalist species; Invasion

Structured host-choice and no-choice tests were conducted to help clarify the host plant interactions of an insect herbivore that is simultaneously seen as broadly polyphagous and pestiferous (in Africa) and host restricted/beneficial (in Australia). The research reported here involves specification...