Claim · model-written summary
Ovipositing weevils preferred scentless chamomile over stinking mayweed by 93:1.
- Taxon
- scentless chamomile
Tripleurospermum inodorume0 - Interactor
- A . hookeri
Omphalapion hookerorume0herbivore - Outcome
- preferred scentless chamomilee0
- Value
- 93:1e0
- Comparator
- stinking mayweede0
Verbatim
e0“ovipositing A . hookeri preferred scentless chamomile 93:1 over stinking mayweed”
Title
D.P. Peschken; K.C. Sawchyn The Canadian Entomologist 1993. doi:10.4039/ent125619-3
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Female weevils oviposited in flowers from six Anthemideae genera and one Astereae species.
- Observation Weevil larvae developed only in Matricaria species.
- Observation One adult weevil emerged from Anthemis cotula.
- Recommendation The authors concluded that the weevil is a host specific promising biological control agent for scentless chamomile.