Plant acids modulate chemosensory responses in Manduca sexta larvae

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-201

  Bernays, E A ^a,b   Glendinning, J I ^a   Chapman, R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Chemoreception; Glucose response; Inhibition; Inositol response; Manduca; pH; Plant acids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031712131     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1998.233079.x     Document Type: Article

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