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Can Leaf Aspect Affect Herbivory? A Case Study wih Tea
Author(s) -
Banerjee Barundeb
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1938355
Subject(s) - biology , cultivar , herbivore , botany
Leaves of tea cultivars are markedly different in leaf geometry, with leaf angle varying from erect through semi—erect to horizontal; a particular cultivar has only one type of leaf. Defoliators and leaf chewers feed mostly on horizontal leaves. Leaf rollers and miners colonize only semi—erect leaves. Sap feeders inhabit all three types of leaves, with the largest species accumulation on erect leaves.