Honeydew amino acids in relation to sugars and their role in the establishment of ant-attendance hierarchy in eight species of aphids feeding on tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 311-319

  Woodring, J ^a,b   Wiedemann, R ^a   Fischer, M K ^a   Hoffmann, K H ^a   Volkl W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant attendance; Aphids; Honeydew amino acids; Honeydew production; Honeydew sugars; L. niger; Melezitose; Phloem sap composition; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; APHID; ATTRACTANT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SUGAR;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; APHIS; APHIS FABAE; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; MACROSIPHONIELLA TANACETARIA; METOPEURUM FUSCOVIRIDE; TANACETUM; TANACETUM VULGARE; TRAMA TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES;

EID: 4444325931     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6962.2004.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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