Effect of calcium silicate on feeding and development of tropical sod webworms (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 393-395

  Korndorfer, Ana Paula ^a   Cherry, Ron ^a   Nagata, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEEDING; PEST CONTROL; SILICATE;

LEPIDOPTERA; PHALONIIDAE; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 6344237436     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0393:EOCSOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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