The mode of regulation of the corpus allatum activity during starvation in adult females of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)

1982 ◽  
Vol 28 (9) ◽  
pp. 791-796 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.A. Khan ◽  
A.B. Koopmanschap ◽  
H. Privee ◽  
C.A.D. de Kort
1990 ◽  
Vol 122 (6) ◽  
pp. 1141-1147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvan Pelletier

AbstractSolanum berthaultii Hawkes bears trichomes reportedly providing resistance to insects. Results indicated that the density of types A and B trichomes was linearly related to the inverse of the leaflet area. The number of trichomes on the adaxial and on the abaxial surface of terminal leaflets was not affected by two levels of water stress or by growing conditions in the greenhouse or the field. The leaflets of the water-stressed plants were generally smaller and, consequently, the density of trichomes higher.The survival of first-instar Colorado potato beetle larvae was similar on S. berthaultii grown under varying drought conditions and on leaves from field-grown plants bearing different densities of trichomes.


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