External lipids of adults of the giant whitefly, Aleurodicus dugesii

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-145

  Nelson, Dennis R ^a   Fatland, Charlotte L ^a   Buckner, James S ^a   Freeman, Thomas P ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetate esters; Alcohols; Aldehydes; Filaments; Hibiscus; Hydrocarbons; SEM; Wax esters

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ALKANOL; HYDROCARBON; SKIN LIPID; WAX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECT; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALEURODICUS DUGESII; ALEYRODIDAE; HIBISCUS;

EID: 0033013840     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(99)00054-1     Document Type: Article

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