Suitability of the biomass crop Miscanthus sinensis as a host for the aphids Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) and Rhopalosiphum maidis (F.), and its susceptibility to the plant luteovirus Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-149

  Huggett, D A J ^a   Leather, S R ^a   Walters, K F A ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BYDV; Host plant suitability; Miscanthus sinensis; Rhopalosiphum maidis; Rhopalosiphum padi

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; BARLEY YELLOW DWARF VIRUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LUTEOVIRUS; MISCANTHUS SINENSIS; REINDEER PAPILLOMAVIRUS; RHOPALOSIPHUM MAIDIS; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI;

EID: 0000277985     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-9563.1999.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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