Glandular hairs on Solanum polyadenium lessen damage by the Colorado beetle
Glandular hairs on Solanum polyadenium lessen damage by the Colorado beetle
- Annals of Applied Biology, 82, p.147-150, 1976 .
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.
GLANDULAR HAIRS
SOLANUM POLYADENIUM
DAMAGE
COLORADO BEETLE
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.
GLANDULAR HAIRS
SOLANUM POLYADENIUM
DAMAGE
COLORADO BEETLE