Factors determining the distribution of sycamore aphids on sycamore leaves during summer
- 1 November 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Ecological Entomology
- Vol. 1 (4) , 275-278
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1976.tb01232.x
Abstract
In summer the sycamore aphid's responses to gravity, light direction and intensity and unidentified features of a leaf's surface result in the aphid settling and feeding on the undersurface of leaves. At this time the petioles are a poor source of food and are not colonized. Removal of leaf laminae results in premature abscission of the petioles. Prior to abscission the petioles become senescent and a richer food source than the laminae of mature leaves, and are colonized by aphids.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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