Topical application of a plant extract to different life stages of Trichoplusia ni fails to influence feeding or oviposition behaviour

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 275-282

  Akhtar, Yasmin ^a   Shikano, Ikkei ^a   Isman, Murray B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asclepiadaceae; Cabbage looper moth; Chemical legacy; Developmental stages; Feeding and oviposition choices; Habituation; Hoodia gordonii; Hopkins' host selection principle; Learning; Lepidoptera; Mouthpart chemosensilla; Noctuidae

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; HOST PLANT; HOST SELECTION; LARVA; MOTH; OVIPOSITION; PLANT EXTRACT;

APOCYNACEAE; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; HEXAPODA; HOODIA GORDONII; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 68949122723     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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