Survival and preference of cotton boll weevil adults for alternative food sources

Abstract Plants that have potential as alternative food source (floral nectar, pollen and plant tissues) to the boll weevil during the intercropping season were evaluated considering the prevalent conditions of Cerrado in the Central Brazil. Initially, we tested the nutritional adequacy for the surv...

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Main Authors: M. Pimenta, R. A. Mata, M. Venzon, D. N. C. Cunha, E. M. G. Fontes, C. S. S. Pires, E. R. Sujii
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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