Amino acid composition and nutritional quality of potato leaf phloem sap for aphids

• Published in: Journal of experimental biology Vol. 205; no. 19; pp. 3009 - 3018
• Main Authors: Karley, A. J., Douglas, A. E., Parker, W. E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.10.2002
• Subjects: Amino Acids - analysis; Amino Acids - metabolism; Animal Feed; Animals; Aphids - physiology; Nutritive Value; Plant Leaves - chemistry; Plant Leaves - growth & development; Plant Roots - physiology; Solanum tuberosum - chemistry; Solanum tuberosum - growth & development; Solanum tuberosum - parasitology; Sucrose - metabolism

To define plant `nutritional quality' for aphids, the causal basis of the variation in aphid performance between host plants of different developmental ages was explored using the aphids Myzus persicae and Macrosiphum euphorbiae on potato plants (Solanum tuberosum). Both aphid species performed...