Fertilizer affects the behaviour and performance of Plutella xylostella on brassicas

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-282

  Staley, Joanna T ^a   Stewart Jones, Alex ^a,b   Poppy, Guy M ^b   Leather, Simon R ^a   Wright, Denis J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diamondback moth; Glucobrassicin; Glucoiberin; Glucosinolate; Lepidoptera; Nitrogen; Oviposition; Pupal weight; Relative growth rate; Sinigrin

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 67651202650     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2009.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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