Subject: "Heliothis subflexa" / Journal: Ecological entomology / Publication Year: 2011 / Subject: Physalis angulata and Heliothis subflexa

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Author:: PETZOLDâMAXWELL, JENNIFER; WONG, SARAH; ARELLANO, CONSUELO; GOULD, FRED
Source:: Ecological entomology 2011 v.36 no.6 pp. 700-708
ISSN:: 0307-6946
Subject:: Heliothis subflexa, etc ; Physalis angulata; Physalis pubescens; field experimentation; greenhouse experimentation; hatching; host plants; leaves; moths; plant response; predation; probability; temperature; Show all 13 Subjects
Abstract:: ... 1. The insect Heliothis subflexa GuenÃ©e is a specialist on plants in the genus Physalis. In the present study, the physical response of Physalis leaves to egg deposition by H. subflexa is described. 2. It was observed that the leaves of Physalis plants respond to the eggs of H. subflexa, while coâoccurring nonâhost plants do not. Leaves of Physalis angulata L. and Physalis pubescens L. respon ...
DOI:: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01315.x
: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01315.x