Arthropods

[Abstract] Electrical penetration graph (EPG) was first developed by Mclean and Kinsey (1964) and later modified by Tjallingii (1978 and 1985). The EPG system turns a phloem-sucking insects and its host plant into part of an electrical circuit that is completed when the insect’s mouthparts penetrate the plant. The electrical signal is amplified by an ...