Exploring the nitrogen ingestion of aphids--a new method using electrical penetration graph and (15)N labelling.

Studying plant-aphid interactions is challenging as aphid feeding is a complex process hidden in the plant tissue. Here we propose a combination of two well established methods to study nutrient acquisition by aphids focusing on the uptake of isotopically labelled nitrogen ((15)N). We combined the E...

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Main Authors: Franziska Kuhlmann, Sebastian E W Opitz, Erich Inselsbacher, Ulrika Ganeteg, Torgny Näsholm, Velemir Ninkovic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3871520?pdf=render