Enhanced Toxicity of Sugar Esters to the Tobacco Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Using Humectants

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1015-1021

  Xia, Yulu ^a   Johnson, Albert W ^a   Chortyk, O T ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucose esters; Humectants; Myzus nicotianae; Nicotiana spp.; Sucrose esters; Sugar esters

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; HEMIPTERA; MYZUS NICOTIANAE; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA GLUTINOSA; NICOTIANA GOSSEI; NICOTIANA PALMERI; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0000380401     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jee/90.4.1015     Document Type: Article

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