Role of saliva in the highly destructive fourlined plant bug (Hemiptera: Miridae: Mirinae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 94-100

  Cohen, Allen Carson ^a   Wheeler Jr , Alfred G ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extra oral digestion; Fourlined plant bugs; Mirid; Pectinase; Salivary glands

Indexed keywords

HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; LYGUS HESPERUS; MIRIDAE; MIRINAE; POECILOCAPSUS LINEATUS;

EID: 0001824279     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/91.1.94     Document Type: Article

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