Developmental pathway from leaves to galls induced by a sap-feeding insect on Schinus polygamus (Cav.) Cabrera (Anacardiaceae)

Galling sap-feeding insects are presumed to cause only minor changes in host plant tissues, because they usually do not require development of nutritive tissues for their own use. This premise was examined through comparison of the histometry, cytometry and anatomical development of non-galled leave...

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Main Authors: GRACIELA G. DIAS, BRUNO G. FERREIRA, GILSON R.P. MOREIRA, ROSY M.S. ISAIAS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2013-03-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652013000100187&lng=en&tlng=en