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| Bittencourt-Rodrigues,Rebecca de S.; Zucoloto,Fernando S.. |
| Ascia monuste Godart, known as the kale caterpillar, has a specialized diet on Brassicaceae and represents one of the main herbivores of this family in the Neotropical region. The objective of the present study was to determine the performance and oviposition preference of A. monuste for common kale Brassica oleracea (Brassicaceae, var. acephala) of different ages. The parameters used to assess performance were time to pupation and emergence, emergence rate, digestive indices, relative consumption and growth rates, number of eggs per female, hatching rate, and weight of the imagoes. Chemical and physical properties of young and old kale leaves were determined. In general, caterpillars feeding on new leaves showed better performance than those feeding on... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Insecta; Oviposition preference; Leaf age; Feeding behaviour. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-566X2005000200004 |
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