Mortality Dynamics of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Immatures in Maize.

We characterized the dynamics of mortality factors affecting immature developmental stages of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Multiple decrement life tables for egg and early larval stages of S. frugiperda in maize (Zea mays L.) fields were developed w...

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Main Authors: Andrea Corrêa Varella, Alexandre Carlos Menezes-Netto, Juliana Duarte de Souza Alonso, Daniel Ferreira Caixeta, Robert K D Peterson, Odair Aparecido Fernandes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4476731?pdf=render