Onset of a decline in the quality of sugar beet as a host for the aphid Myzus persicae

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-161

  Kift, N B ^a,b,c   Dewar, A M ^a   Dixon, A F G ^b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphid; Decline; Quality; Sugar beet

Indexed keywords

APHID; MORTALITY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; ROOT VEGETABLE;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HOMOPTERA; INSECTA; MYZUS PERSICAE;

EID: 0031719537     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1998.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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