Rate of Growth of Larval Tobacco Hornworms¹ Reared on Tobacco Leaves and on Artificial Diet²

Authors: STEWART, PAUL A.; BAKER JR, ALLAN P.

Source: Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 63, Number 2, April 1970 , pp. 535-536(2)

Publisher: Entomological Society of America

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Abstract:

The larval period was 2 days longer when larval Manduea sexta (Johannson) were reared on tobacco leaves than when they were reared on artificial diet; about 1/3 more by weight of tobacco leaves was eaten than of artificial diet. Weights of larvae at the end of the 5th stadium, and resulting pupae were about the same whether the larvae were reared on tobacco leaves or on artificial diet.

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 1970-04-01

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Journal of Economic Entomology is published bimonthly in February, April, June, August, October, and December. The journal publishes articles on the economic significance of insects and is divided into the following sections: apiculture & social insects; arthropods in relation to plant disease; forum; insecticide resistance and resistance management; ecotoxicology; biological and microbial control; ecology and behavior; sampling and biostatistics; household and structural insects; medical entomology; molecular entomology; veterinary entomology; forest entomology; horticultural entomology; field and forage crops, and small grains; stored-product; commodity treatment and quarantine entomology; and plant resistance. In addition to research papers, Journal of Economic Entomology publishes Letters to the Editor, interpretive articles in a Forum section, Short Communications, Rapid Communications, and Book Reviews.
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