Association of tobacco thrips, Frankliniella fusca (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with two species of bacteria of the genus Pantoea

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 719-723

  Wells, M L ^a   Gitaitis, R D ^a   Sanders, F H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Center rot; Frankliniella fusca; Gut bacteria; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; THRIPS;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANKLINIELLA; FRANKLINIELLA FUSCA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PANTOEA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PANTOEA ANANATIS; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 0036879906     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2002)095[0719:AOTTFF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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