Co-Authors:
Applebaum, S.W., Department of Entomology, The Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel
Raccah, B., Department of Entomology, The Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel
Leiserowitz, R., Department of Entomology, The Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel
Abstract:
Juvenile hormone (JH) and analogs have no apparent apterizing effect on Myzus persicae, either prenatally or postnatally. Exogenous JH is deleterious and results in pathological wing deformation, delayed development, and increased mortality. β-Ecdysone has no effect on wing development postnatally. These results are consistent with the view that aphids are normally presumptive apterates with dormant wing rudiments and that wing production means diversion from this basic state. © 1975.