Importance of carbohydrate sources to the reproductive output of the wheat armyworm Pseudaletia sequax

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-35

  Marchioro, Cesar A ^a   Foerster, Luís A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult nutrition; Fecundity; Lepidoptera; Life table; Noctuidae; Nutritional requirements; Survival

Indexed keywords

LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYTHIMNA; NOCTUIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84856006383     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2011.00548.x     Document Type: Article

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