Effects of non-alkaloid extracts from tropical yam, Dioscorea hispida against the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 369-373

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dioscorea hispida; Feeding deterrent activity; Non alkaloid; Plutella xylostella; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 0032261787     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.33.369     Document Type: Article

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