Changes in amino acids in Cucumis melo in relation to life-history traits and flight propensity of Bemisia tabaci

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-40

  Blackmer, J L ^a,b   Byrne, D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bemisia; Cage effect; Cucumis melo; Flight behaviour; Free amino acids; Host plant quality; Life history traits

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; WHITEFLY;

ALEYRODIDAE; ANIMALIA; BEMISIA; BEMISIA TABACI; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HOMOPTERA; INSECTA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MELO; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0032760658     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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