Host plant direct defence against eggs of its specialist herbivore, Heliothis subflexa

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 700-708

  Petzold Maxwell, Jennifer ^a   Wong, Sarah ^b   Arellano, Consuelo ^b   Gould, Fred ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg deposition; Heliothis subflexa; Herbivore; Leaf necrosis; Neoplasm; Physalis; Plant defence; Plant insect interaction

Indexed keywords

EGG PRODUCTION; FITNESS; HATCHING; HOST PLANT; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SPECIALIZATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

HELIOTHIS SUBFLEXA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PHYSALIS; PHYSALIS ANGULATA; PHYSALIS PUBESCENS;

EID: 81855166827     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01315.x     Document Type: Article

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