Toxic Effects of a Lactone-Containing Fraction of Cyrtocymura cincta (Asteraceae) on Sitotroga cerealella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1369-1372

  Bardón, Alicia ^a   Popich, Susana ^a   Alvarez Valdés, Diego ^a   Catalán, César A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chemical sterilization; Cyrtocymura cincta; Oviposition; Sesquiterpene lactones; Sitotroga cerealella; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; CYRTOCYMURA; CYRTOCYMURA CINCTA; GELECHIIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; SITOTROGA; SITOTROGA CEREALELLA;

EID: 0007871169     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/92.6.1369     Document Type: Article

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