Cabbage white butterfly and its host plant nasturtium.
Author of the article:ZHOU Xin-Sheng1,YAN Fu-Shun2
Author's Workplace:(1.Hengjiezhen Middle School, Yinchou District of Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, Ningbo 315181, China; 2.Center for Integrative Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China)
Key Words:cabbage white butterfly; cruciferae; nasturtium; feeding deterrent; chlorogenic acid
Abstract:Cabbage white butterfly Pieris rapae L. is an important pest insect of vegetables in the Cruciferae family, but is also found on garden nasturtium Tropaelum majus L which is in a different family. It was reported that larvae-reared on nastur