Effects of alkaloids from yam, Dioscorea hispida Schlussel, on feeding and development of larvae of the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-126

  Banaag, Alexie ^a   Honda, Hiroshi ^a   Shono, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaloid; Diamondback moth; Dioscorea hispida; Feeding deterrent; Plutella xylostella; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA HISPIDA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; YPONOMEUTIDAE;

EID: 0031516062     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.32.119     Document Type: Article

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