Whitefly wax as a cue for phoresy in the broad mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Acari: Tarsonemidae)

Chemoecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 163-168

  Soroker, Victoria ^a   Nelson, Dennis R ^b   Bahar, Ornit ^a   Reneh, Saadia ^a   Yablonski, Sarah ^a   Palevsky, Eric ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohols; Aldehydes; Broad mite; Chemical cues; Phoresy; Polyphagotarsonemus latus

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ALEYRODES; ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA; BEMISIA TABACI; IPOMOEA BATATAS; PLANOCOCCUS CITRI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TARSONEMIDAE;

EID: 0348160079     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-003-0243-3     Document Type: Article

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