Elucidation of possible virulence factors present in Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia) biotypes’ saliva
The Russian wheat aphid (RWA) is a pest of cereals, such as wheat and barley. It feeds on these hosts by injecting saliva into the plants’ phloem tissue and consuming the mixture of saliva and photoassimilates. It has been proposed that the insect’s saliva contains elicitors or virulence factors, wh...
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24060 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04222008-075741/ |