Crystals of salt
The notorious armyworm is one of the most destructive leaf-feeding insect pests worldwide, which can defoliate many economically important crops. As suggested by its name, they emerge like a troop of army and can skeletonize the entire crop overnight. They burrow into the soil and form pupae. As the...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Book Section |
| Language: | English English |
| Published: |
Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
2013
|
| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32168/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32168/1/5-1-1%20complete.pdf |
| _version_ | 1848847141885181952 |
|---|---|
| author | Lau, Wei Hong |
| author_facet | Lau, Wei Hong |
| author_sort | Lau, Wei Hong |
| building | UPM Institutional Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | The notorious armyworm is one of the most destructive leaf-feeding insect pests worldwide, which can defoliate many economically important crops. As suggested by its name, they emerge like a troop of army and can skeletonize the entire crop overnight. They burrow into the soil and form pupae. As the saying goes, every living creature has its own natural enemies. Aclose observation on armyworm dying naturally in the field may give us a clue to a solution to end the disaster brought by this notorious insect pest. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-15T09:13:54Z |
| format | Book Section |
| id | upm-32168 |
| institution | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| institution_category | Local University |
| language | English English |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-15T09:13:54Z |
| publishDate | 2013 |
| publisher | Universiti Putra Malaysia Press |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | upm-321682014-10-25T04:19:12Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32168/ Crystals of salt Lau, Wei Hong The notorious armyworm is one of the most destructive leaf-feeding insect pests worldwide, which can defoliate many economically important crops. As suggested by its name, they emerge like a troop of army and can skeletonize the entire crop overnight. They burrow into the soil and form pupae. As the saying goes, every living creature has its own natural enemies. Aclose observation on armyworm dying naturally in the field may give us a clue to a solution to end the disaster brought by this notorious insect pest. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2013 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32168/1/5-1-1%20complete.pdf Lau, Wei Hong (2013) Crystals of salt. In: Nature's Yield and Wonders of Art (NYAWA)13: Insects. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, Serdang, Selangor, pp. 56-59. ISBN 9789679603484 English |
| spellingShingle | Lau, Wei Hong Crystals of salt |
| title | Crystals of salt |
| title_full | Crystals of salt |
| title_fullStr | Crystals of salt |
| title_full_unstemmed | Crystals of salt |
| title_short | Crystals of salt |
| title_sort | crystals of salt |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32168/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/32168/1/5-1-1%20complete.pdf |