Impact of Apple Rust Mite (Acari: Eriophyiidae) Feeding on Apple Leaf Gas Exchange and Leaf Color Associated with Changes in Leaf Tissue

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1149-1156

  Spieser, Fredy ^a   Graf, Benno ^a   Walther, Paul ^b   Noesberger, Josef ^b  

^a Swiss Federal Research Station for Fruit Growing Viticulture and Horticulture   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aculus schlechtendali; Apple; Eriophyiidae; Leaf injury; Photosynthesis; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ACULUS; ACULUS SCHLECHTENDALI; LONCHOCARPUS CAPASSA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0000338242     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.5.1149     Document Type: Article

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