Spodoptera exigua oviposition and larval feeding preferences for pigweed, Amaranthus hybridus, over squaring cotton, Gossypium hirsutum, and a comparison of free amino acids in each host plant

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2013-2028

  Showler, Allan T ^a  

^a KIKA DE LA GARZA SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amaranthus; Beet armyworm; Cotton; Free amino acids; Gossypium hirsutum; Host plant selection; Oviposition; Pigweed; Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; THREONINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; HOST PREFERENCE; OLFACTION; OVIPOSITION;

AMARANTHUS; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COTTON; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTH; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ODOR; OLFACTOMETER; OLFACTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; WORM;

AMARANTHUS; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GOSSYPIUM; LARVA; MOTHS; OVIPOSITION; PLANTS, EDIBLE; SMELL;

EID: 0034753667     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012238803311     Document Type: Article

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