Host preference and influence of the sweetpotato whitefly, bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on eggplant (solanum melongena L.)

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 320-325

  Islam, Md Touhidul ^a   Qiu, Baoli ^a   Ren, Shunxiang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Developmental time; Feeding; Host insect interaction; Oviposition; Plant growth

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA TABACI; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 77953730665     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710902976974     Document Type: Article

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