Changes in morphological traits of the cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae) associated with the use of different host plants

Ecological Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 591-598

  Ruiz Montoya, Lorena ^a   Nùñez Farfán, Juan ^b   Domínguez, César A ^b  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b Laboratorio de Genética Ecológica Y Evolución   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Brevicoryne brassicae; Host specialisation; Local adaptation; Phenotypic plasticity; Phenotypic variation; Plant insect interaction

Indexed keywords

APHID; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HOST PLANT; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

APHIDIDAE; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; BREVICORYNE BRASSICAE; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 33746438014     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-005-0076-3     Document Type: Article

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