New Digital Resources: The Aphid: A Virus Vector
The Aphid: A Virus Vector
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While this video CD-ROM is targeted at a specialized audience (primarily entomology and plant pathology students and their professors) anyone with an interest in insects would find the presentation (via animation and macrophotography ) of the aphid life cycle and methods of virus transmission fascinating. The following description, and an online videoclip (at http://shop.store.yahoo.com/shopapspress/apvive.html) describes it well: |
"In a combination of fascinating macro sequences and 3D animations, this educational film impressively illustrates the life cycle of aphids, their behavior on winter and summer hosts, and their feeding habits. The different behavior patterns during feeding probes and prolonged feeding, which influence the mode of virus transmission (non-persistent, persistent), are presented in clear, lucidly explained video sequences...."
This item is available for checkout from the Circulation Desk at the Science Library.
Check the Scotty Catalog for more information and checkout status: SB736 .A64 2003.
Lizbeth Langston
Head, Science Information Services &
Subject Specialist for Entomology
