Banker plants with Aphidius colemani Viereck were tested in greenhouses in Massachusetts and New York for control of cotton aphid Aphis gossypii Glover, and green peach aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer) on 2 spring flower crops, pansies ( Viola tricolor hortensis ) and Marguerite daisies ( Argyranthemum hybrid). Banker plants consisted of pots of barley plants infested with the bird cherry-oat aphi...

BACKGROUND RNA interference (RNAi) is a valuable reverse genetics tool to study gene function in various organisms, including hemipteran insects such as aphids. Previous work has shown that RNAi-mediated knockdown of pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum) genes can be achieved through direct injection of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) or small-interfering RNAs (siRNA) into the pea aphid hemolymph or by f...

s 39 40 Herbivorous insects can cause deep cellular changes to plant foliage following infestations depending on feeding 41 behavior. Here, a proteomic study was conducted to investigate green peach aphid (Myzus persicae Sulzer) 42 influence as a polyphagous pest on the defense response of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh after aphid colony 43 set up on host plant (3 days). Analysis of about 574...