How nutritionally imbalanced is phloem sap for aphids?

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 203-210

  Sandström, Jonas ^a,b   Moran, Nancy ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Aphids; Buchnera; Nutrition; Phloem sap; Proteins; Symbionts

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; RHOPALOSIPHUM; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI; SONCHUS OLERACEUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; UROLEUCON SONCHI;

EID: 0032873222     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00485.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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