The response of aphids to plant water stress - the case of Myzus persicae and Brassica oleracea var. capitata

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 191-202

  Simpson, K L S ^a   Jackson, G E ^a   Grace, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphididae; Brassicaceae; Drought; Global climate change; Hemiptera; Insect performance; Osmoregulation; Plant insect interactions; Pulse stress; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; APHID; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP DAMAGE; CROP PEST; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT; FECUNDITY; GAS EXCHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INOCULATION; OSMOREGULATION; PHLOEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION SIZE; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

APHIDIDAE; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICACEAE; CAPITATA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MACROSIPHINI; MYZUS PERSICAE;

EID: 84856287443     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01216.x     Document Type: Article

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