Density of Alabama argillacea larvae affects food extraction by females of Podisus nigrispinus

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-94

  Pereira, A I A ^a   Ramalho, F S ^a   Malaquia, J B ^a   Bandeira, C M ^a   Silva, J P S ^a   Zanuncio, J C ^a  

^a Universidade Federal de Viçosa ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cotton leafworm; Food consumption; Nutrition; Predator

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA ARGILLACEA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HETEROPTERA; PENTATOMIDAE; PODISUS NIGRISPINUS;

EID: 38949117242     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02980751     Document Type: Article

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