Waxes and lipids associated with the external waxy structures of nymphs and pupae of the giant whitefly, Aleurodicus dugesii

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 265-278

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

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetate esters; Aleurodicus dugesii; Cuticular lipids; Fatty acids; Filaments; Hydrocarbons; Lipids; Long chain alcohols; Long chain aldehydes; Nymphs; Palisade; Pupae; Wax esters; Waxes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; FATTY ALCOHOL; LIPID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; WAX;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMATURITY; INSECT; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ALEURODICUS DUGESII; ALEYRODIDAE;

EID: 0034101611     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(99)00177-7     Document Type: Article

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