CONSUMPTION AND UTILIZATION OF CASTOR BEAN LEAVES TREATED WITH NEEM SEED KERNEL EXTRACTS BY THE COTTON LEAF WORM LARVAE, Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.)

Larva of cotton leaf worm, Spodoptera littoralis ate and digested an average of 13.79 and 10.82g, respectively of untreated castor bean leaves during its whole sixth instar. These amounts significantly reduced when larvae were fed on leaves treated with different concentrations of neem seed kernel m...

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Main Authors: R.M.H Tagour, , H.A. Gomaa, G.M Abd El-Hamed
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: The Union of Arab Universities 2010-03-01
Series:Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences
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Online Access:https://ajs.journals.ekb.eg/article_15000_d44e4fdb7e5b0a39b89a2f1ce8e21cc4.pdf