Effects of modifying the phytosterol profile of canola, Brassica napus L., on growth, development, and survival of the bertha armyworm, Mamestra configurata Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), the flea beetle, Phyllotreta cruciferae (Goeze) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and the aphids, Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) and Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 677-683

  Bodnaryk, Robert P ^a   Luo, Ma ^a   Kudryk, Lubomir ^a  

^a Cereal Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brassica; Development; Fungicide; Insecta; Sterol; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; DEVELOPEMENT; FUNGICIDE; GROWTH; PHYTOSTEROL; SURVIVAL;

APHIDIDAE; BRASSICA NAPUS; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HOMOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LIPAPHIS ERYSIMI; MAMESTRA CONFIGURATA; MYZUS PERSICAE; NOCTUIDAE; PHYLLOTRETA CRUCIFERAE;

EID: 0031395782     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P97-011     Document Type: Article

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