Bioenergy crops miscanthus × giganteus and Panicum virgatum reduce growth and survivorship of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 459-464

  Nabity, Paul D ^a   Zangerl, Arthur R ^a   Berenbaum, May R ^a   Delucia, Evan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

biofuels; Fall armyworm; herbivory; leaf toughness

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL;

ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; MAIZE; MILLET; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE;

ANIMALS; BIOFUELS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LARVA; PANICUM; POACEAE; SPODOPTERA; ZEA MAYS;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MISCANTHUS; NOCTUIDAE; PANICUM VIRGATUM; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79953855939     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC10311     Document Type: Article

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