Response of alate aphids to green targets on coloured backgrounds

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-61

  Doring T F ^a   Kirchner, S M ^a   Kuhne S ^b   Saucke, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alighting; Aphididae; Behaviour; Brevicoryne brassicae; Homoptera; Host finding; Mulch; Myzus persicae; Straw; Surface structure; Visual orientation

Indexed keywords

APHID; COLOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PEST SPECIES; TRAPPING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HESSE; WORLD;

APHIDIDAE; BREVICORYNE BRASSICAE; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; MACROSIPHINI; MYZUS; MYZUS PERSICAE;

EID: 7244220173     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-8703.2004.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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