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    Brochosomes are intricately structured microscopic granules secreted by leafhoppers (the family Cicadellidae of the insect order Hemiptera) and typically...
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    additional and unique character of leafhoppers is the production of brochosomes, which are thought to protect the animals, and particularly their egg...
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    Richard Smalley and colleagues synthesised the fullerene molecule in 1985. Brochosomes (secretory microparticles produced by leafhoppers) often approximate...
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    pollen ), and various fragments or excretions (e.g., plant debris and brochosomes). Bioaerosol particle diameters range from nanometers up to about a tenth...
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    them with powdery white protective secretions kept in dry form (called "brochosomes") on the wings. After the nymphs hatch, the remaining egg mass leaves...
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    forestry, causing damage in plantations of sandalwood and Calotropis. Brochosome Alan Weaving; Mike Picker; Griffiths, Charles Llewellyn (2003). Field...
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