Effects of Short- and Long-Day Photoperiods on Growth and Development of Sesamia nonagrioides (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1337-1343

  Fantinou, Argyro A ^a   Tsitsipis, John A ^a,b   Karandinos, Michael G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Development; Photoperiod; Sesamia nonagrioides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000386658     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/25.6.1337     Document Type: Article

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