Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (1982) 32, 111-115

A.R. McCaffery (1982)
A difference in the acceptability of excised and growing cassava leaves to Zonocerus variegatus
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 32 (2), 111-115
Abstract: Individual adult female Zonocerus variegatus grasshoppers grow slowly, do not develop oocytes and have a high mortality when confined in nylon bags attached round growing cassava leaves. In contrast, similar females fed on excised leaves grow quickly and develop large numbers of oocytes. The major effect of leaf excision is to allow the insect to ingest much greater quantities. The general importance of this result in studies on feeding and food acceptability is emphasised.
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Database assignments for author(s): Alan R. McCaffery

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Zonocerus variegatus	Cassava (Manihot esculenta)