Response of two Pieris (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) species to fertilization of a host plant

Zoological Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 778-786

  Chen, Ying Zhi ^a   Lin, Li ^a   Wang, Chih Wei ^a   Yeh, Chin Chang ^a   Hwang, Shaw Yhi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brassica oleracea; Feeding trials; Oviposition preference; Pieris; Plant chemistry

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CAPITATA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 12244308137     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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