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The role of foliar glucosinolates in host plant resistance of oilseed rape and mustard to the Bertha armyworm and the diamondback moth McCloskey, Catherine A.

Abstract

The relationships between host plant glucosinolates and feeding and growth of a polyphagous insect, the Bertha armyworm, Mamestra configurata Walker and field infestation levels of an oligophagous insect, the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella L. were investigated. M. configurata reared on eight rape and mustard varieties had significantly different final weights by species order Brassica juncea

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