Induction of host specificity in larvae of Manduca sexta: Chemical dependence controlling host recognition and developmental rate

Chemoecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 115-121

  Del Campo, Marta ^a   Renwick, J Alan A ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependence; Experience; Feeding behavior; Host specificity; Manduca sexta; Solanaceae; Solatium tuberosum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000725543     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001812     Document Type: Article

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