The influences of larval and adult food quality on the calling rate and pre-calling period of females of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-40

  Casimero, Vic ^b   Nakasuji, Fusao ^b   Fujisaki, Kenji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult diet; Helicoverpa armigera; Larval diet; Pre calling period; Reproductive maturity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035256293     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2001.33     Document Type: Article

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