Feeding and life history of Spodoptera exigua (lepidoptera: noctuidae) on different host plants

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 566-575

  Greenberg, S M ^a   Sappington, T W ^a   Legaspi Jr , B C ^a,b   Liu, T X ^a,c   Setamou M ^a  

^a KIKA DE LA GARZA SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumption rates; Feeding and growth indices; Host plants; Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012893952     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0566:FALHOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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