The causes and processes of the mid-summer population crash of the potato aphids Macrosiphum euphorbiae and Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 425-438

  Karley, A J ^a   Pitchford, J W ^a   Douglas, A E ^a   Parker, W E ^b   Howard, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

APHID; FECUNDITY; NATURAL ENEMY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; APHID; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POTATO; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; APHIDS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; FUNGI; HEMIPTERA; MACROSIPHUM EUPHORBIAE; MYZUS; MYZUS PERSICAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0242338610     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2003252     Document Type: Article

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