Oviposition preferences of Bertha armyworm Mamestra configurata Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on different crucifer cultivars and growth stages

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1135-1141

  Ulmer, Bryan ^a,b   Gillott, Cedric ^a,b   Erlandson, Martin ^a  

^a SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bertha armyworm; Host plant; Mamestra configurata; Oviposition

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; HOST PREFERENCE; OVIPOSITION; PHENOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA CARINATA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA CONFIGURATA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; SINAPIS; SINAPIS ALBA; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0036958269     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-31.6.1135     Document Type: Article

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