Will low-glucosinolate cultivars of the mustards Brassica juncea and Sinapis alba be vulnerable to insect pests?

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 283-287

  Bodnaryk, Robert P ^a  

^a Cereal Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brassica juncea; Canola; Glucosinolate; Insect; Mamestra configurata; Mustard; Phyllotreta cruciferae; Plutella xylostella; Resistance; Sinapis alba

Indexed keywords

BERTHA ARMYWORM; DIAMONDBACK MOTH; FLEA BEETLE; GLUCOSINOLATE; MUSTARD; OILSEED; PEST RESISTANCE;

ALTICINI; BRASSICA JUNCEA; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; BRASSICACEAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA CONFIGURATA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; PHYLLOTRETA CRUCIFERAE; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE; SINAPIS ALBA; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0030793027     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P96-113     Document Type: Article

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