Antifeedant activity of Quassia amara (Simaroubaceae) extracts on Hypsipyla grandella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) larvae

Crop Protection

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 301-305

  Mancebo, Fernando ^a   Hilje, Luko ^b   Mora, Gerardo A ^c   Salazar, Rodolfo ^b  

^a Fertilizantes Quimicos D   (Dominican Republic)

^b CATIE   (Costa Rica)

^c CATIE ^*

Author keywords

Antifeeding; Bitterwood; Hypsipyla grandella; Mahogany shootborer; Meliaceae; Plant extracts; Quassia amara

Indexed keywords

ANTIFEEDANT; LARVA; PLANT EXTRACT;

CEDRELA ODORATA; HYPSIPYLA GRANDELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE; QUASSIA AMARA;

EID: 0034114995     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-2194(00)00021-1     Document Type: Article

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