How phloem-feeding insects face the challenge of phloem-located defenses

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Will, Torsten ^a   Furch, Alexandra C U ^a   Zimmermann, Matthias R ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aphid saliva; Aphid plant interactions; P proteins; Phloem; Plant defense; Sieve element occlusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898837189     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00336     Document Type: Article

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