Open AccessAPHIDS ASSOCIATED WITH DAMAGE TO BANANA PLANTS AND A CORRECTED IDENTITY FOR A BANANA MOSAIC VIRUS VECTOR (HEMIPTERA: APHIDIDAE)
Author(s) -
HUGHES M. A.,
EASTOP V. F.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1991.tb00435.x
Subject(s) - aphididae , biology , hemiptera , aphid , vector (molecular biology) , mosaic virus , rhopalosiphum padi , plant virus , horticulture , botany , virus , virology , homoptera , pest analysis , genetics , gene , recombinant dna
An unusual observation of Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominalis (Sasaki) causing damage to a banana plant in a glasshouse is reported. The association of 3 other Rhopalosiphum spp. with damage to bananas is noted, including a name correction for an aphid reported by Magee (1940) as a vector of banana mosaic virus.