Poisoned plusiines: Toxicity of milkweed latex and cardenolides to some generalist caterpillars

Chemoecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-16

  Dussourd, David E ^a   Hoyle, Alayna M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Asclepiadaceae; Asclepias curassavica; Cabbage looper; Cardenolide; Latex; Laticifer; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Plant insect interaction; Trichoplusia ni

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009582834     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00001810     Document Type: Article

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