Morphological, ecological and biological variations in the mustard aphid, Lipaphis pseudobrassicae (Kaltenbach) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from different host plants

Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 169-173

  Agarwala, B K ^a   Das, Kalpana ^a   Raychoudhury, Parichita ^a  

^a TRIPURA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aphids; Host plant specialization; Lipaphis pseudobrassicae

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; BRASSICACEAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LIPAPHIS ERYSIMI; LIPAPHIS PSEUDOBRASSICAE; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE; RORIPPA INDICA; SINAPIS ALBA;

EID: 67349169533     PISSN: 12268615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aspen.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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