Realized and potential fecundity, egg fertility, and longevity of laboratory-reared female beet armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) under different adult diet regimes

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 415-419

  Tisdale, Robert A ^a   Sappington, Thomas W ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beet armyworm; Fecundity; Longevity; Oviposition; Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012798869     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0415:RAPFEF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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