Sugar feeding by the aphid parasitoid Binodoxys communis: How does honeydew compare with other sugar sources?

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 481-491

  Wyckhuys, Kris A G ^a   Strange George, Jessica E ^b   Kulhanek, Chris A ^b   Wäckers, Felix L ^c   Heimpel, George E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JORGE TADEO LOZANO   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthrone tests; Binodoxys communis; Carbohydrate; Glycogen; Honeydew; Longevity; Soybean aphid; Sugar feeding

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING; FOOD QUALITY; HONEYDEW; LABORATORY METHOD; PARASITOID; SUGAR; WASP;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; WASP;

ANIMALS; ANTHRACENES; APHIDS; CARBOHYDRATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; WASPS;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS GLYCINES; BINODOXYS; BRACONIDAE; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; GLYCINE MAX; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 38749088650     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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