The assimilation and allocation of nutrients by symbiotic and aposymbiotic pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 195-201

  Wilkinson, T L ^a   Ishikawa, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Amino acids; Aphid; Assimilation; Embryos; Sucrose; Symbionts

Indexed keywords

APHID; BACTERIUM; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE; SYMBIOSIS;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0032860761     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00484.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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