Involvement of vitamin A in the photoperiodic induction of diapause in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae is demonstrated by rearing an albino mutant on a semi-synthetic diet with and without β-carotene or vitamin A

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 188-192

  Bosse, Th C ^a   Veerman, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acari; Albino mutant; Artificial diet; Diapause; Nutrition; Photoperiodism; Photoreceptor pigment; Retinal; Spider mites; Tetranychidae; Tetranychus urticae; Vitamin A; carotene

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARANEAE; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE; URTICAE;

EID: 0030455948     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1996.tb00854.x     Document Type: Article

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