Medicago truncatula-derived calcium oxalate crystals have a negative impact on chewing insect performance via their physical properties

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 208-215

  Park, Sang Hyuck ^a,c   Doege, Sarah J ^a   Nakata, Paul A ^b   Korth, Kenneth L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel medic; Beet armyworm; Cod4; Fabaceae; Lepidoptera; Mandible wear; Noctuidae; Oxalic; Peritrophic membrane; Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

ANTIFEEDANT; ARTIFICIAL DIET; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BODY MASS; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CRYSTAL; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITOR; LARVA; LEGUME; MEMBRANE; MOTH; MUTATION; OXALIC ACID; PEST RESISTANCE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 64549098676     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00846.x     Document Type: Article

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