Fitness comparison between clones differing in their ability to produce sexuals in the aphid Rhopalosiphum padi

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 469-474

  Rispe, Claude ^a   Simon, Jean Christophe ^a   Pierre, Jean Sébastien ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

aphid; clone; cost of polyphenism; fitness; parthenogenesis; rate of increase; Rhopalosiphum padi; sex

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; RHOPALOSIPHUM; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI; HOMOPTERA;

CEREAL APHID; FITNESS; PARTHENOGENESIS; POLYPHENISM; SEXUALS;

EID: 0029660623     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00961.x     Document Type: Article

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