Impact of Lead Acetate on Quantitative Consumption and Utilization of the Cotton Leaf Worm, Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

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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Main Authors: Shahenda A. Abu ElEla, Mamdouh M. Nassar, Naeem M. Eesa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Union of Scientists in Bulgaria 2016-06-01
Series:Ecologia Balkanica
Subjects:
Spodoptera littoralis
lead
food consumption
food utilization
heavy metals
Online Access:http://web.uni-plovdiv.bg/mollov/EB/2016_vol8_iss1/101-106__eb.16110.pdf

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