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Colour variation in the African sorghum head bug

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Title Colour variation in the African sorghum head bug
 
Creator Sharma, H C
Ratnadass, A
 
Subject Sorghum
 
Description Colour variation of the head bug (Eurystylus oldi) in relation to Sorghum bicolor panicle or grain colour is reported. Results of different feeding experiments of E. oldi on sorghum of different colours are reported. Data from these research showed that the colour of the head bug changed with the colour of the food they consume. However, a few exceptions are noted, and these may be due to the changes in grain pigmentation during development that may not be apparent in the immature grain fed to the nymphs. These observations suggest that the different species of head bugs on sorghum may be colour morphs of the same species.
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2000
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/1904/1/ISMN41_42-43_2000.pdf
Sharma, H C and Ratnadass, A (2000) Colour variation in the African sorghum head bug. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter, 41. pp. 42-43. ISSN 1023-487X