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IN a recent report by Mittler and Dadd1 on the artificial feeding of Myzus persicae (Sulzer) through membranes of stretched ‘Parafilm’ it was noted that the aphids excreted numerous honey dew droplets when feeding on an 18 per cent sucrose solution with or without amino-acids, vitamins and salts.
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BRAGDON, J., MITTLER, T. Differential Utilization of Amino-acids by Myzus persicae (Sulzer) fed on Artificial Diets. Nature 198, 209–210 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/198209b0
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