Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Oct 1994
A Characteristic Body Posture of the Potato Leafhopper is Correlated with Probing
A Characteristic Body Posture of the Potato Leafhopper is Correlated with Probing
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Page Range: 490 – 495
Electronic monitoring was combined with video observation in order to determine whether a characteristic body posture of the potato leafhopper, Empoasca fabae (Harris) (Homoptera: Cicadellidae), indicated probing. Styet probing was strongly correlated with (r > 0.99) and could be accurately predicted by a characteristic body posture. We describe a technique whereby video observation, alone, can be used to apply standardized pulses of leafhopper probing injury to plants.
Keywords: Electronic monitoring; videomicrography; feeding behavior; alfalfa
Copyright: © 1994 Georgia Entomological Society, Inc.
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Accepted: 19 Jul 1994