Seasonal abundance and diversity of aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) in a pepper production region in Jamaica

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 499-509

  McDonald, Sharon A ^a   Halbert, Susan E ^a,b   Tolin, Sue A ^a   Nault, Brian A ^a,c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF PLANT INDUSTRY   (United States)

^c New York State Agricultural Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphids; Potyvirus; Seasonal abundance; Tobacco etch virus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; APHID; DISEASE VECTOR; DISPERSAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIRAL DISEASE;

JAMAICA; SAINT CATHERINE;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS; APHIS CRACCIVORA; APHIS GOSSYPII; APHIS SPIRAECOLA; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; LIPAPHIS; LIPAPHIS PSEUDOBRASSICAE; MYZUS; MYZUS PERSICAE; NICOTIANA TABACUM; POTYVIRUS; TOBACCO ETCH VIRUS; UROLEUCON; UROLEUCON AMBROSIAE;

EID: 0037897535     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-32.3.499     Document Type: Article

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