Age-related cannibalism and horizontal transmission of a nuclear polyhedrosis virus in larval Spodoptera frugiperda

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 268-275

  Chapman, Jason W ^c   Williams, Trevor ^a   Escribano, Ana ^b   Caballero, Primitivo ^b   Cave, Ronald D ^c   Goulson, Dave ^c  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c IACR Rothamsted ^*

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Lepidoptera; Nuclear polyhedrosis virus; Pathogen transmission; Spodoptera frugiperda

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; VIRAL DISEASE;

LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA;

EID: 0032853149     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1999.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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