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Tomato fruit size, maturity and α-tomatine content influence the performance of larvae of potato tub...

Tomato fruit size, maturity and α-tomatine content influence the performance of larvae of potato tub...

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Tomato fruit size, maturity and α-tomatine content influence the performance of larvae of potato tuber moth Phthorimaea operculella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

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Tomato fruit size, maturity and α-tomatine content influence the performance of larvae of potato tuber moth Phthorimaea operculella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Publisher

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Journal title

Bulletin of entomological research, 2006-04, Vol.96 (2), p.173-178

Language

English

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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

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Contents

Various physical and chemical properties of host plants influence insect larval performance and subsequent adult fitness. Tomato plants are relatively new hosts to the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller), with the fruit being its preferred feeding site. However, it is unclear how the biochemical and physical properties of tomato fru...

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Tomato fruit size, maturity and α-tomatine content influence the performance of larvae of potato tuber moth Phthorimaea operculella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67779699

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_67779699

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ISSN

0007-4853

E-ISSN

1475-2670

DOI

10.1079/BER2005412

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