Aphids are unaffected by the elemental defence of the nickel hyperaccumulator Streptanthus polygaloides (Brassicaceae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Boyd, Robert S ^a   Martens, Scott N ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphid; Elemental defences; Heavy metals; Nickel; Streptanthus polygaloides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002596328     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000490050027     Document Type: Article

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