Effect of larval density on development and diapause of Sesamia nonagrioides (Lef.) (Lep., Noctuidae) under laboratory conditions

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-190

  Fantinou, A A ^a   Tsitsipis, J A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAPAUSE; LARVA; MORTALITY;

LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 0032942396     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0418.1999.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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