Toxicity of synthetic sucrose esters against the tobacco aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Journal of Entomological Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 292-299

  Xia, Yulu ^a,b   Johnson, Albert W ^a   Chortyk, O T ^a,c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphids; Myzus nicotianae; Nicotiana gossei; Sucrose esters; Sugar esters; Tobacco; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

MYZUS NICOTIANAE;

EID: 0031871360     PISSN: 07498004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18474/0749-8004-33.3.292     Document Type: Article

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