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Effect of coffee alkaloids and phenolics on egg-laying by the coffee leaf miner Leucoptera coffeella.
Bulletin of entomological research - 1 Oct 2008
Magalhães S T V, Guedes R N C, Demuner A J, Lima E R
Abstract excerpt
The recognized importance of coffee alkaloids and phenolics mediating insect-plant interactions led to the present investigation aiming to test the hypothesis that the phenolics chlorogenic and caffeic acids and the alkaloid caffeine and some of its derivatives present in coffee leaves affect egg-laying by the coffee leaf miner Leucoptera (=Perileucoptera) coffeella (Guérin-Méneville & Perrottet) (Lepidoptera:...
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