Escaping an ecological dead-end: Asexual overwintering and morph determination in the lettuce root aphid Pemphigus bursarius L.

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 336-344

  Phillips, S W ^a   Bale, J S ^a   Tatchell, G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asexual overwintering; Host alternation; Morph determination; Pemphigus bursarius

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; OVERWINTERING; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

APHID; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; OVERWINTERING;

HOMOPTERA; PEMPHIGIDAE; PEMPHIGUS BURSARIUS;

EID: 0032851434     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1999.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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