Effect of fenvalerate-20EC on sericigenous insects: I. Food utilization in the late-age larva of the silkworm, Bombyx mori L.

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 206-211

  Vyjayanthi, N ^a   Subramanyam, M V V ^a  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Conversion efficiency; Fenvalerate; Food utility; Pyrethroid; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

FENVALERATE; INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; DIGESTION; FENVALERATE; FOOD INTAKE; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ARTICLE; DIGESTION; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; LARVA; MULBERRY; SILKWORM; SUMMER; WINTER;

BOMBYCIDAE; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS ALBA;

EID: 0036808030     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.2002.2228     Document Type: Article

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