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Morphological and anatomical factors responsible for varied susceptibility of some species of spruce to infestation by spruce spider mie (Oligonychus ununguis Jacobi)

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Differences in susceptibility to infestation by spruce spider mite of 3 investigated spruce species (Picea glauca ‘Conica’, P. pungens and P. omorika) may be due to features of anatomical and morphological structure of needles. In P. omorika, showing some resistance to the spruce spider mite, we noted lamellar structure of epidermal cell walls and extensive supporting tissues (hypodermis and sclerenchyma fibres) at the whole circumference of the needle.

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  1. Department of Applied Entomology, Warsaw Agricultural University, 159 Nowoursynowska Str., 02-776, Warsaw, Poland

    Ewa Puchalska & Barbara Czajkowska

  2. Department of Plant Morphogenesis, Institute of Plant Experimental Biology, Warsaw University, 1 Miecznikowa Str., 02-096, Warsaw, Poland

    Teresa Tykarska

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Puchalska, E., Tykarska, T. & Czajkowska, B. Morphological and anatomical factors responsible for varied susceptibility of some species of spruce to infestation by spruce spider mie (Oligonychus ununguis Jacobi). Acta Physiol Plant 28, 599–604 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-006-0055-5

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