Assessments of fitness effects by the facultative symbiont Rickettsia in the sweetpotato whitefly (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 413-418

  Chiel, Elad ^a   Inbar, Moshe ^b   Mozes Daube, Netta ^c   White, Jennifer A ^c   Hunter, Martha S ^c   Zchori Fein, Einat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Fitness; Longevity; Secondary symbionts; Survival

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; LONGEVITY; SEX RATIO; SURVIVORSHIP; SYMBIONT; WHITEFLY;

ALEYRODIDAE; ARSENOPHONUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEMISIA TABACI; CANDIDATUS CARDINIUM; CANDIDATUS FRITSCHEA; CANDIDATUS PORTIERA ALEYRODIDARUM; HEMIPTERA; RICKETTSIA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 62849122896     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/008.102.0309     Document Type: Article

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