Bottom-up effects of host plant nutritional quality on Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) and top-down effects of herbivore attack on plant compensatory ability

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 583-594

  Sarfraz, Rana M ^a   Dosdall, Lloyd M ^a   Keddie, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brassicaceae; Diamondback moth; Insect plant interactions; Lepidoptera; Plant stress; Plant vigour; Plutella xylostella; Plutellidae; Soil fertilizer treatments

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FITNESS; GROWTH; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; LONGEVITY; MOTH; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVIPOSITION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SURVIVAL; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICACEAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA; PLUTELLIDAE;

EID: 77952091066     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2009.073     Document Type: Article

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