Effects of light availability on host plant chemistry and the consequences for behavior and growth of an insect herbivore

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 319-333

  Jansen, Margo P T ^a   Stamp, Nancy E ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

chlorogenic acid; light availability; Lycopersicon esculentum; Manduca sexta; protein; rutin; temperature; tomatine

Indexed keywords

ALLELOCHEMICAL; CHEMICAL DEFENCE; FOOD QUALITY; HERBIVORE GROWTH; HERBIVORY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY;

LEPIDOPTERA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MANDUCA SEXTA; SOLANACEAE; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 0030619550     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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