Aphidius transcaspicus Telenga, a mealy plum aphid (Hyalopterus pruni Geoffroy) parasitoid from the Mediterranean, was recently introduced into Hawaii for control of invasive aphids. Under laboratory conditions the parasitoid successfully attacked several important aphid pests in Hawaii, including the melon aphid Aphis gossypii Glover, the banana aphid Pentalonia nigronervosa (Coquerel), the gr...

The main objective of this work was to investigate the ability of Aphis gossypii and Myzus persicae to transmit Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) singly and mixed with two potyviruses (Papaya ringspot virus – type W, PRSV-W and Zucchini yellow mosaic virus, ZYMV), Pinto, Z.V.; Rezende, J.A.M.;Yuki,V.A.; Piedade, S.M.S.Ability ofAphis gossypii andMyzus persicae to transmitCucumbermosaic virus in singl...

the seasonal abundance patterns of the cotton aphid, aphis gossypii glover, in cotton fields at gorgan in northern iran were studied during two growing seasons of 2002 and 2003. the spatial distribution of different developmental stages and morphs of the aphid was described by fitting data to poisson (random) and negative binomial (aggregated) dis-tributions, and calculating the dispersion indi...

BACKGROUND The species diversity of aphids and seasonal timing of their flight activity can have significant impacts on crop production, as aphid species differ in their ability to transmit plant viruses and flight timing affects virus epidemiology. The aim of the study was to characterise the species composition and phenology of aphid fauna in Finland in one of the northernmost intensive crop ...

the effect of eight cucumis l. (cucurbitaceae) genotypes, including native cucumber genotypes (hormozgan, bushehr and gilan), greenhouse cucumber genotypes (girtap, negeen, sepehr and pouya) and armenian cucumber (cucumis melo var. flexuosus) was studied on the life table and population growth parameters of aphis gossypii glover to evaluate antibiosis resistance. the experiment was conducted at...

the cotton aphid, aphis gossypii glover is a major pest of greenhouse cucumber in the world. in this study, age specific functional response of aphidius matricariae haliday and praon volucre (haliday) were investigated on a. gossypii at 25±1°c, 60±5% rh and a photoperiod of 14 l: 10 d h. the results showed that the functional response of a. matricariae was type iii during 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and...

abstract the aphid parasitoids, aphidius colemnai viereck and a. matricariae (haliday) (hymenoptera: braconidae: aphidiinae) have high potential as the most effective biological control agents for controlling the cotton aphis aphis gossypii glover (hemiptera: aphididae). in this investigation, the effect of five constant temperatures (10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 °c) on the reproductive parameters was...