Effects of food nutritive quality and Bacillus thuringiensis on feeding behaviour, food utilization and larval growth of spruce budworm Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.) when exposed as fourth- and sixth-instar larvae

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-70

  Bauce, Éric ^a   Bidon, Yannick ^a   Berthiaume, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Bt efficacy; Choristoneura fumiferana; Feeding behaviour; Nitrogen; Nutritional indices; Soluble sugars; Sublethal effects

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PICEA;

EID: 0036177396     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-9563.2002.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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