Seed-feeding insects impacting globemallow seed production

Robert Hammon; Melissa Franklin

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Seed-feeding insects impacting globemallow seed production

Formally Refereed

Authors:

Robert Hammon, Melissa Franklin

Year:

2012

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

Native Plants Journal. 13(2): 95-97.

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Abstract

Weevils (Anthonomus sphaeralciae Fall [Coleoptera: Curculionidae]), which attack flowers and developing seeds, can significantly impact globemallow Sphaeralcea spp. A. St.-Hil. (Malvaceae) seed production without a grower even noticing there was insect damage. This weevil damaged almost one-quarter of the flowers in a seed production field in Delta County, Colorado, during 2007.

Keywords

Sphaeralcea, Anthonomus, Malvaceae, weevils

Citation

Hammon, Robert; Franklin, Melissa. 2012. Seed-feeding insects impacting globemallow seed production. Native Plants Journal. 13(2): 95-97.