Effects of rearing density on larval growth and activity of digestive enzymes in Lymantria dispar L. (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae)

Folia Biologica

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 105-112

  Lazarević, Jelica ^a   Perić Mataruga, Vesna ^a   Vlahović, Milena ^a   Mrdaković, Marija ^a   Cvetanović, Dragan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Density effects; Fitness; Leucine aminopeptidase; Lymantria dispar; Trypsin; amylase

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; DIGESTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GYPSY MOTH; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIIDAE; NONHUMAN; REARING; STRESS; SURVIVAL;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYMANTRIA; LYMANTRIA DISPAR; LYMANTRIIDAE;

EID: 3142727779     PISSN: 00155497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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