Effect of larval crowding on the life history traits of Sesamia nonagrioides (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 625-630

  Fantinou, Argyro A ^a   Perdikis, Dionyssios C ^a   Stamogiannis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Competition; Density; Development; Fecundity; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Pink stalk borer; Sesamia nonagriodes

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; MOTH; PUPA;

LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PAPAIPEMA NEBRIS; SESAMIA NONAGRIOIDES;

EID: 55349119193     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2008.084     Document Type: Article

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