The effect of age of current‐year shoots of Picea glauca on survival, development time, and feeding efficiency of 6th‐instar larvae of Choristoneura fumiferana

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1987, Pages 251-260

  Thomas, A W ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

artificial diet; Choristoneura fumiferana; development time; food consumption; Lepidoptera; Picea glauca; spruce budworm; survival; Tortricidae; white spruce

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008858333     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1987.tb02218.x     Document Type: Article

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