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Glandular hairs on Solanum polyadenium lessen damage by the Colorado beetle

Tipo de material: TextoTextoSeries ; Annals of Applied Biology, 82, p.147-150, 1976Trabajos contenidos:
  • Gibson, R. W
Tema(s): Recursos en línea: Resumen: Four-lobed glandular hairs on the leaves and stems of the potato species Solanum polyadenium provide a form of resistance to larvae of the Colorado beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata. On contact, a sticky material was discharged from these hairs trapping a few larvae and encasing the feet of others. Larvae with encased feet fell from the plants to die.
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Four-lobed glandular hairs on the leaves and stems of the potato species Solanum polyadenium provide a form of resistance to larvae of the Colorado beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata. On contact, a sticky material was discharged from these hairs trapping a few larvae and encasing the feet of others. Larvae with encased feet fell from the plants to die.

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