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Deepwater Rice - Yellow Stem Borer illustrations

Dissected elongated dwr stems

Note the wide hollow stems, exit holes (bored by a ysb larva before pupating), pupal skins left by emerging adults, strong nodes, etc.





Damage to the apical node - note the narrow stem without a lumen above (here to the right) the last node

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©2000 - Brian Taylor CBiol FIBiol FRES
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Visiting Academic in the Department of Life Science, University of Nottingham

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