Effect of avocadofurans on larval survival, growth, and food preference of the generalist herbivore, Spodoptera exigua

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-140

  Rodriguez Saona, Cesar R ^a   Trumble, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avocado; Avocadofurans; Food preference; Idioblast; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Oil cell; Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; GROWTH; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; PERSEA AMERICANA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 0032929751     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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