Feeding, development, and oviposition of bertha armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on different host plant species

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 756-764

  Dosdall, L M ^a   Ulmer, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canola; Host plant; Larval development; Polyphagous

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST RANGE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; OVIPOSITION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ASTERACEAE; BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; BRASSICACEAE; CHENOPODIUM; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM ARVENSE; FABACEAE; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; LINACEAE; LINUM; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMESTRA CONFIGURATA; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; NOCTUIDAE; PISUM; PISUM SATIVUM; SINAPIS; SINAPIS ALBA; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; THLASPI; THLASPI ARVENSE;

EID: 10644257950     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.3.756     Document Type: Article

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