Host plant preference for oviposition by the spiny bollworm Earias insulana Boisd. (Lep., Noctuidae)

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 241-246

  Saini, R K ^a   Singh, Ram ^a  

^a CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; HOST PREFERENCE; OVIPOSITION; PLANT ARCHITECTURE;

ABUTILON INDICUM; ANIMALIA; DOMBEYA SPECTABILIS; EARIAS; EARIAS INSULANA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HEXAPODA; HIRSUTUM; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; SPINY; THESPESIA POPULNEA;

EID: 0033006855     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0418.1999.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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