Host plants of leaf worm, spodoptera litura (fabricius) (lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Pakistan

Asian Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-28

  Ahmad, Munir ^a   Ghaffar, Abdul ^b   Rafiq, Muhammad ^b  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b CENTRAL COTTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Host preference; Host selection; Major host plants; Spodoptera litura

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999670039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23078553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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