the beet armyworm, spodoptera exigua, is one of the most important pests of sugar beet in iran. the aim of this study was to determine the effect of water and nitrogen treatments of sugar beet planton developmental time and fecundity life table parameters of the pest. an experiment was carried out under laboratory conditions (25±2oc, 70±5% r.h. and 12l: 12d) on larvae reared on sugar beet leave...