Performance of the specialist herbivore plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) on brassicaceae and non-brassicaceae species

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-35

  Sarfraz, R M ^a,b   Dosdall, L M ^a   Keddie, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOLA; DICOTYLEDON; FOOD LIMITATION; FOOD PREFERENCE; HERBIVORE; MOTH; SPECIALIST; SURVIVAL; WING MORPHOLOGY;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; BRASSICACEAE; CAPPARACEAE; CLEOME; CLEOME HASSLERIANA; DESCURAINIA SOPHIA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE; TROPAEOLACEAE; TROPAEOLUM MAJUS;

EID: 77649178192     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n09-053     Document Type: Article

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