Honeydew production and honeydew sugar composition of polyphagous black bean aphid, Aphis fabae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on various host plants and implications for ant-attendance

The black bean aphid, Aphis fabae, is polyphagous and its life cycle involves seasonal migration between summer and winter host plants. The aphids are regularly tended by honeydew-collecting ants. This study investigates whether differences exist in honeydew production and honeydew sugar composition...

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Published in:	European journal of entomology Vol. 102; no. 2; pp. 155 - 160
Main Authors:	Melanie K. FISCHER, Wolfgang VÖLKL, Klaus H. HOFFMANN
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Science 03-05-2005
Subjects:	ant-attendance aphids honeydew melezitose summer host winter host
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