Performance of an oligophagous insect in relation to the age of the host plant;Performance de um inseto oligófago em relação à idade da planta hospedeira

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 671-676

  Campos, Wellington G ^a,b   Schoereder, José H ^b   Picanço, Marcelo C ^c  

^a DCNAT UFSJ   (Brazil)

^b Dep de Biologia Animal   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Larval development; Lepidoptera; Plant phenology; Plutella xylostella; Reproductive sucess

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICACEAE; CAPITATA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; YPONOMEUTIDAE;

EID: 33645463047     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2003000400019     Document Type: Article

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