Importance of plant physical cues in host acceptance for oviposition by Busseola fusca

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-243

  Calatayud, P A ^a,d   Ahuya, P O ^a,d   Wanjoya, A ^a   Le Ru B ^a,d   Silvain, J F ^b,d   Frerot B ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Arundo donax; Leaf sheath rigidity; Lepidoptera; Maize; Napier grass; Noctuidae; Plant surface texture; Sorghum; Stem borer; Stem diameter; Surrogate stem

Indexed keywords

HOST SPECIFICITY; MAIZE; MOTH; OVIPOSITION; STEM BORER;

AFRICA;

ARUNDO DONAX; BUSSEOLA FUSCA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 38849187098     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00660.x     Document Type: Article

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