The Resistance of Leaves of Red Clover to Puncturing1
- 1 December 1933
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 26 (6) , 1135-1137
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/26.6.1135
Abstract
Leaves of a Kentucky red clover, No. 101, and an Italian red clover were tested as to resistance to needle puncturing. It was found from puncturing 500 leaves of each clover that the Kentucky clover offered greater resistance to puncturing than the Italian clover. The Kentucky clover is more resistant to leafhopper injury than the Italian clover. Since the insect feeds by puncturing plant tissue, it is thought that this greater resistance to leafhopper injury is due, in part at least, to greater resistance to puncturing.Keywords
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