Orientation, feeding, and ovipositional behavior of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), on transgenic cabbage expressing Cry1Ab toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis (Berliner)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1025-1031

  Kumar, Harish ^a  

^a Proagro Seed Company   (India)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis; Diamondback moth; Insect behavior; Plutella xylostella; Transgenic crop

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST SELECTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORTALITY; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE;

EID: 4344612326     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.4.1025     Document Type: Article

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