Impact of Lead Acetate on Quantitative Consumption and Utilization of the Cotton Leaf Worm, Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
The 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th instars of the cotton leaf worm Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833) were treated with lead acetate, 100 mg lead [Pb (C2H3O2)4]/kg, using the leaf-dip method, toevaluate the effect of Pb on nutritional indices. The consumption index was significantly increasedat the 3rd...
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Language: | English |
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Union of Scientists in Bulgaria
2016-06-01
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Series: | Ecologia Balkanica |
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Online Access: | http://web.uni-plovdiv.bg/mollov/EB/2016_vol8_iss1/101-106__eb.16110.pdf |