Observing and recording copulation events of whiteflies on plants using a video camera

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-233

  Ruan, Yong Ming ^a   Luan, Jun Bo ^a   Zang, Lian Sheng ^a   Liu, Shu Sheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aleyrodidae; Bemisia tabaci; Courtship behaviour; Gossypium hirsutum; Homoptera; Observation; Plant

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; COTTON; COURTSHIP; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MATING BEHAVIOR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OVIPOSITION; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WHITEFLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ZHEJIANG;

ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA TABACI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEMIPTERA;

EID: 34447298068     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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