Effects of Snowdrop Lectin on Mexican Rice Borer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Life History Parameters

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 950-956

  Setamou M ^a,b   Bernal, J S ^a   Mirkov, T E ^a,c   Legaspi, J C ^a,d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eoreuma loftini; Galanthus nivalis agglutinin; Galanthus nivalis L; Host plant resistance; Life table parameters

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EOREUMA LOFTINI; GALANTHUS; GALANTHUS NIVALIS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 0141861669     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/96.3.950     Document Type: Article

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