
%0 Journal Article
%A Firempong, S 
%A Zalucki, MP 
%T Host Plant-Selection by Helicoverpa-Armigera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) - the Role of Some Herbivore Attributes
%J Australian Journal of Zoology
%D 1991/06/01
%V 39
%N 3
%P 343-350
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9910343
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/ZO9910343 
%X The effect of various 'herbivore' attributes on oviposition in Helicoverpa armigera were considered in a series of laboratory experiments. Larval diet did not influence the rank order of adult host preference, but early adult experience around a host increased oviposition on that host in subsequent trials. The presence of eggs laid 12 h before did not influence subsequent oviposition on a plant, although newly laid eggs may have. The presence of larvae, larval damage to plants and larval frass reduced oviposition on a plant. These results are discussed in relation to polyphagy in H. armigera. 
