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Sep 2026
Effect of Larval Diet On Age-Stage, Two-Sex Life Table Analysis and Standardization of Laboratory Mass Rearing Protocol for Pink Stem Borer, Sesamia inferens Walker (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera)
The pink stem borer, Sesamia inferens (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is a polyphagous and destructive pest of major cereal crops, causing substantial yield losses. Biology, age-stage survival and reproductive potential of S. inferens were evaluated using the age-stage, two-sex life table approach. Under controlled laborator...
Sangeetha Srinivasan Vadivel Murugan, Srinivas Chinmayi, O. Dhanyakumar et al.
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