Coconut leaf bioactivity toward generalist maize insect pests

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 208-215

  Dowd, Patrick F ^a   Johnson, Eric T ^a   Vermillion, Karl E ^a   Berhow, Mark A ^a   Palmquist, Debra E ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelochemical; Arecaceae; Caterpillar; Cocos nucifera; Helicoverpa zea; Insect resistance; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Pheophytin a; Poaceae; Spodoptera frugiperda; Tropical plant; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ALLELOCHEMICAL; BIOACTIVITY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CATERPILLAR; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CROP PEST; DIET; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENERALIST; GROWTH RATE; HOST PLANT; INSECT; MAIZE; MONOCOTYLEDON; SURVIVAL;

ARECACEAE; COCOS NUCIFERA; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; POACEAE; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 81455153971     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01188.x     Document Type: Article

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