Essays about: "Egyptian cotton leafworm"
Found 4 essays containing the words Egyptian cotton leafworm.
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1. Effect of Touch on Cotton and Maize : influence on plant morphology and feeding preference in Spodoptera littoralis
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Plant Protection BiologyAbstract : Plants are constantly exposed to touch and mechanical stimuli in natural environments, from rain, wind, animals and plant neighbours. However, current knowledge and understanding of how touch physiologically affects plants are limited. READ MORE
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2. Effect of diet and density on larval immune response and larval and adult host-preference in Spodoptera littoralis
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Plant Protection BiologyAbstract : Polyphagy presents difficulties to an insect, especially in terms of host choice. The adult insect must choose from a large number of possible host plant species, something which is considered to require extensive neural capacity to process. READ MORE
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3. Female mate choice and modulation of oviposition preference in the moth Spodoptera littoralis
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)Abstract : In this thesis, two aspects of reproductive behaviour in the Egyptian cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) were studied. The first was whether female moths make a mate choice based on precopulatory assessments of male mating partners, and the second whether larval food plant experience of an ectoparasite modulates the female choice of oviposition site. READ MORE
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4. The effect of non-host plant volatiles on the reproductive behaviour of the Egyptian cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis
University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and SocietyAbstract : Spodoptera littoralis is a major pest of cotton in Egypt, causing serious economic losses. Egyptian farmers highly appreciate biological control of the pest as synthetic pesticides are very unsustainable. Phytophagous insects rely on plant volatiles to locate oviposition, feeding and, mating sites. We tested newly emerged S. READ MORE