Aphid-host plant interactions: Does aphid honeydew exactly reflect the host plant amino acid composition?

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-199

  Leroy, Pascal D ^a   Wathelet, Bernard ^a   Sabri, Ahmed ^a   Francis, Frédéric ^a   Verheggen, François J ^a   Capella, Quentin ^a   Thonart, Philippe ^a   Haubruge, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Aphid; Honeydew; Phloem sap; Xylem sap

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; APHID; HONEYDEW; HOST PLANT; PARASITE INFESTATION; PHLOEM; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SYMBIONT; XYLEM;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; MEGOURA VICIAE; PISUM SATIVUM; VICIA FABA;

EID: 80051679225     PISSN: 18728855     EISSN: 18728847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-011-9128-5     Document Type: Article

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