Different sensitivities of the sugar receptor of the lateral styloconic sensillum in fourth- and sixth-instar larvae of the spruce budworm Choristoneura fumiferana

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 335-340

  Panzuto, M ^a   Albert, P J ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

chemosensilla; electrophysiology; gustation; spruce budworm; styloconic sensilla; sugars

Indexed keywords

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; PICEA;

EID: 0030920591     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1997.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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