Once-Mated Beet Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): Effects of Age at Mating on Fecundity, Fertility, and Longevity

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 585-590

  Rogers, C E ^a   Marti Jr , O G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acugutturidae; Bionomics; Nematoda; Noctuidonema guyanense; Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NEMATODA; NOCTUIDAE; NOCTUIDONEMA; NOCTUIDONEMA GUYANENSE; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 0001014055     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.3.585     Document Type: Article

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