Host Plant Volatiles and the Sexual Reproduction of the Potato Aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Insects
2.2. Bioassays
2.3. Statistics
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Hurley, J.; Takemoto, H.; Takabayashi, J.; McNeil, J.N. Host Plant Volatiles and the Sexual Reproduction of the Potato Aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbiae. Insects 2014, 5, 783-792. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects5040783
Hurley J, Takemoto H, Takabayashi J, McNeil JN. Host Plant Volatiles and the Sexual Reproduction of the Potato Aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbiae. Insects. 2014; 5(4):783-792. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects5040783
Chicago/Turabian StyleHurley, Jessica, Hiroyuki Takemoto, Junji Takabayashi, and Jeremy N. McNeil. 2014. "Host Plant Volatiles and the Sexual Reproduction of the Potato Aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbiae" Insects 5, no. 4: 783-792. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects5040783