Chemoreception of amino acids by female fourth- and sixth-instar larvae of the spruce budworm

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-96

  Panzuto, M ^a   Albert, P J ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Chemosensilla; Electrophysiology; Gustation; Lepidoptera; Spruce budworm; Tortricidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031936932     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1998.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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