The Influence of Cadmium on the Food Consumption and Utilization of the Cotton Leaf Worm Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth instars of the cotton leaf worm Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833) were reared on castor bean leaves Ricinus communis (Linnaeus, 1753) treated with cadmium 100 mg CdCl2/kg, using the dipping method, to evaluate the effect of cadmium (Cd) on nutritional indice...
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Language: | English |
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Union of Scientists in Bulgaria
2015-06-01
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Series: | Ecologia Balkanica |
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Online Access: | http://web.uni-plovdiv.bg/mollov/EB/2015_vol7_iss1/081-085_eb.15113.pdf |