Composition of the wax particles and surface wax of adult whiteflies: Aleuroplatus coronata, Aeurothrixus floccosus, Aleurotithius timberlakei, Dialeurodes citri, Dialeurodes citrifolii, and Parabemisia myricae

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 241-251

  Nelson, Dennis R ^a   Walker, Gregory P ^b   Buckner, James S ^a   Fatland, Charlotte L ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuticular surface lipids; Fatty acids; Fatty alcohols; Hydrocarbons; Long chain alcohols; Long chain aldehydes; Wax esters

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; ALKANE; CARBON; HYDROCARBON; LIPID; WAX;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ALEURODICUS DUGESII; ALEUROPLATUS; ALEUROTHRIXUS FLOCCOSUS; ALEYRODES; ALEYRODIDAE; DIALEURODES CITRI; DIALEURODES CITRIFOLII; PARABEMISIA MYRICAE;

EID: 0030836061     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00047-3     Document Type: Article

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