Changes in egg size of the diamondback moth Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) treated with fenvalerate at sublethal doses and viability of the eggs

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 103-109

  Fujiwara, Yuki ^a,b   Takahashi, Tomoko ^a,c   Yoshioka, Toshie ^a,d   Nakasuji, Fusao ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tenmaya Store Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c Dainihon Jochugiku Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d Okayama Prefectural University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Egg size; Fenvalerate; Hormoligosis; Plutella xylostella; Viability of offspring

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; YPONOMEUTIDAE;

EID: 0036488470     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2002.103     Document Type: Article

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