Influence of host plant abundance and insect diet on the host selection behavior of Maruca testulalis Geyer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) and Riptortus dentipes Fab (Hemiptera: Alydidae)

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-78

  Ntonifor, N N ^a   Jackai, L E N ^a,c   Ewete, F K ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cowpea; Host plant selection; Maruca testulalis; Nutritional history; Riptortus dentipes; Soybean

Indexed keywords

MARUCA TESTULALIS; RIPTORTUS DENTIPES; ALYDIDAE; FABACEAE; GLYCINE MAX; HETEROPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

COWPEA; HOST SELECTION; NUTRITION; SOYBEAN;

EID: 0030274132     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(96)01063-8     Document Type: Article

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