Feeding rates and carbohydrate metabolism by Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on different quality phloem saps

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-248

  Isaacs, Rufus ^a,c   Byrne, David N ^a   Hendrix, Donald L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b U S WATER CONSERVATION LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Bemisia tabaci; Carbohydrate; Feeding; Melon; Phloem sap; Trehalulose; Water stress; Whitefly

Indexed keywords

BEMISIA TABACI;

EID: 0031717556     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1998.233080.x     Document Type: Article

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