Tob. Sci., 1982, 26-26, p. 98-102, ISSN. 0082-4523
Physical and chemical leaf surface characteristics of aphid resistant and susceptible tobacco
Dept. of Entomology, Fisheries and Wildlife, Clemson University, Pee Dee Experiment Station, Florence, SC, USA; Tobacco Safety Research Unit, USDA, ARS, Athens, GA, USA
A study of tobacco leaf surface chemistry revealed that tobaccos low in duvatrienediols were resistant to aphids but susceptible to flea beetles. Many of these low duvatrienediol-tobaccos could be detected from microscopic examination of bud leaf...