Advances in Plant-Hemipteran Interactions

• Main Author: Linda Walling (auth)
• Other Authors: Jyoti Shah (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Botany & plant sciences; whiteflies; plant defense; resistance genes; small RNA; aphids; multi-organismal interaction; piercing-sucking insects; hemipteran saliva
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Hemipterans encompass a large group of insect pests of plants that utilize mouthparts which are modified for piercing and consuming fluids from plants. In addition, hemipterans vector viral and bacterial diseases of plants. This book brings together a set of reviews and research papers that showcase...