Effect of plant lectins on larval development of the legume pod borer, Maruca vitrata

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-187

  Machuka, J ^a   Van Damme, E J M ^b   Peumans, W J ^b   Jackai, L E N ^a  

^a Carolyn House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Artificial diet; Insecticidal activity; Legume pod borer; Lepidoptera; Maruca vitrata; Plant lectins

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; INSECTICIDE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PEST SPECIES;

AFRICA; ASIA;

ANIMALIA; FABRICIUS; GALANTHUS; GALANTHUS NIVALIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LISTERA OVATA; LOA; MARUCA; MARUCA VITRATA; ORCHIDACEAE; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0033305924     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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