A new technique to immobilize an aphid or a mealybug on plants using a high-frequency microcautery unit

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 239-241

  Calatayud, P A ^a   Nardon, C ^b   Rahbe Y ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

electrical penetration graphs; Macrosiphum albifrons; Phenacoccus manihati; phloem sap; stylectomy; stylet pathways

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029740432     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00926.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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