Effect of leaf trichomes in different species of cucurbitaceae on attachment ability of the melon ladybird beetle chnootriba elaterii

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• who: Valerio Saitta et al. from the University of Perugia, Borgo XX Giugno , have published the paper: Effect of Leaf Trichomes in Different Species of Cucurbitaceae on Attachment Ability of the Melon Ladybird Beetle Chnootriba elaterii, in the Journal: Insects 2022, 1123 of 18/Oct/2022
• what: This study investigates the attachment ability of the oligophagous melon to leaves of several Cucurbitaceae species.
• how: The wettability of the plant surfaces used in the experiments was characterized by measuring the contact angles of water (aqua millipore 1 u00b5L droplet volume) using a high- 4 . . .
  

   

  

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