Modulation of whitefly take-off and flight orientation by wind speed and visual cues

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 311-318

  Isaacs, Rufus ^a,c   Willis, Mark A ^b   Byrne, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Bemisia tabaci; Flight; Orientation; Vision; Wind

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT ACTIVITY; ORIENTATION; VISUAL CUE; WHITEFLY; WIND VELOCITY;

ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA TABACI; HOMOPTERA;

EID: 0032758996     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1999.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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