Egg laying preference, larval dispersion, and cannibalism in Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 793-798

  Kakimoto, Tsuyoshi ^a   Fujisaki, Kenji ^a   Miyatake, Takahisa ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cotton bollworm; Food availability; Intraspecific predation; Larval development; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; EGG PRODUCTION; HOST PREFERENCE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; OVIPOSITION;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; HELICOVERPA ZEA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 1542318095     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2003)096[0793:ELPLDA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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