Effect of plant patch shape on the distribution and abundance of three lepidopteran species associated with Brassica oleracea

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 179-185

  Muriel, Sandra B ^a,b   Grez, Audrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea; Pieris brassicae; Plant pastch shape; Plant insect interactions; Plutella xylostella; Trichoplusia ni

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 0036059366     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-9563.2002.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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