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Observations on wing development in aphids

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An account of the results of experiments regarding overcrowding of aphids on plants and subjection of aphids to darkness as factors in the wing development of aphidsMacrosiphum jaceæ is given.

  1. (1)

    It is observed that poor nutrition due to overcrowding induces to a large extent wing development in aphids.

  2. (2)

    Subjection of aphids to increasing hours of darkness did not produce winged forms of aphids.

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  1. College of Agriculture, Dharwar

    H. L. Kulkarny M.Sc. (Agri.) (Professor of Agricultural Entomology)

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Communicated by Prof. L. S. S. Kumar,f.a.sc.

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Kulkarny, H.L. Observations on wing development in aphids. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 43, 32–36 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050216

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