The response of polyphagous pest (Cyrtomenus bergi Froeschner) to cassava cultivars with variable HCN content in root parenchyma and peel

The hypothesis that HCN in cassava is a defence mechanism against arthropod pests is suggestive, but quality and quantity of empirical data is unsatisfactory and scarce. The burrowing bug (Cyrtomenus bergi Froeschner: Cydnidae: Hemiptera) is recorded as a major pest on cassava in the neo-tropics sin...

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Autores principales: Riis, L, Bellotti, Anthony C., Vargas H., Octavio
Formato: Conference Paper
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Center for Tropical Agriculture 1995
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55839

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