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Revealing the respiratory system of the coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei; Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) using micro-computed tomography

The coffee berry borer (Hypothenemus hampei) is the most economically important insect pest of coffee globally. Micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) was used to reconstruct the respiratory system of this species for the first time; this is the smallest insect (ca. 2 mm long) for which this has been...

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Autores principales: Alba-Tercedor, Javier, Alba-Alejandre, Ignacio, Vega, Fernando E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6882887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31780747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54157-3

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