Development, longevity, and fecundity of Sipha flava (Homoptera: Aphididae) feeding on Sorghum bicolor

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 546-553

  Hentz, Matthew ^a   Nuessly, Gregg ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Alate; Apterous; Sipha elegans; Yellow sugarcane aphid

Indexed keywords

APHID; CROP PEST; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FECUNDITY; LONGEVITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SORGHUM;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

APHIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; HEMIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; SIPHA; SIPHA FLAVA; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 10644266985     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.3.546     Document Type: Article

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