Host plant pubescence: Effect on silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia argentifolii, fourth instar and pharate adult dimensions and ecdysteroid titer fluctuations

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Gelman, Dale B ^a   Gerling, Dan ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

20 hydroxyecdysone; Whitefly plant interactions

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA; BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII; EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 2942635682     PISSN: 15362442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jis/3.1.25     Document Type: Article

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