In:
The Canadian Entomologist, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 108, No. 4 ( 1976-04), p. 337-339
Abstract:
Mexican bean beetles, Epilachna varivestis Mulsant, were marked with rubidium by allowing larvae and adults to feed on foliage of bean plants treated with a rubidium chloride solution. Detection of rubidium was effected by atomic absorption spectroscopy. Adults which had fed for 4 days on rubidium-chloride-treated plants then transferred to untreated plants contained elevated levels of rubidium up to 34 days. The presence of rubidium was not detectable in the progeny of treated beetles at levels significantly different from controls. Consumption of rubidium-chloride-treated foliage produced no observable detrimental effects on the beetles. The technique allowed them to acquire a relatively permanent label through their normal feeding activity.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0008-347X
,
1918-3240
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
1976
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2119167-0
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2472093-8
SSG:
12
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