Spectral sensitivity of the green photoreceptor of winged pea aphids

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 392-396

  Döring, Thomas F ^a,b,c   Kirchner, Sascha M ^d   Skorupski, Peter ^b   Hardie, Jim ^c  

^a The Organic Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Colour vision; Herbivore; Photoreceptor; Spectral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

APHID; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EYE; GENE; GENOME; HERBIVORE; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; HEXAPODA; LOTUS TETRAGONOLOBUS; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 80655124506     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2011.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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