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Aphids and Translocation

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Transport in Plants I

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology ((PLANT,volume 1))

Abstract

Aphids are small insects which feed by inserting their very fine mouthparts (stylets) into plant tissue, where they feed on cell sap (Fig. 1 A + B). As an aphid inserts its stylets into plant tissue it secretes a stylet sheath around the stylets (Fig. 2 A + B). When the stylets are withdrawn the stylet sheath remains in the tissues of the plant and indicates the exact passage taken by the stylets. The point where the sheath ends indicates the tissue on which the aphid has fed, and this proves to be the sieve tubes (Auclair, 1963; Evert et al., 1968).

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Dixon, A.F.G. (1975). Aphids and Translocation. In: Zimmermann, M.H., Milburn, J.A. (eds) Transport in Plants I. Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66161-7_6

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