Compensatory responses of Samea multiplicalis larvae when fed leaves of different fertilization levels of the aquatic weed Pistia stratiotes

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 205-216

  Wheeler, G S ^a   Halpern, M D ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control of weeds; Compensatory feeding; Nitrogen; Nitrogen utilization efficiency; Pistia stratiotes; Samea multiplicalis; Spodoptera pectinicornis; Waterlettuce

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CATERPILLAR; COMPENSATION; FOOD QUALITY; WEED CONTROL;

ANIMALIA; ARACEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PISTIA STRATIOTES; PYRALIDAE; SAMEA MULTIPLICALIS; SPERMATOPHYTA; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA PECTINICORNIS; STRATIOTES;

EID: 0032827699     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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