Open AccessAn Allozyme Method for Identifying Individual Aphids of Morphologically Similar Taxa (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
Author(s) -
TURAK E.,
HALES D. F.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1994.tb00920.x
Subject(s) - aphididae , biology , hemiptera , sitobion avenae , taxon , botany , aphid , homoptera , zoology , pest analysis
We describe a simple method, using allozyme electrophoresis, that enables the identification of individual aphids, and demonstrate its application to the Sitobion miscanthi (Takahashi)‐ Sitobion nr fragariae complex of species and chromosomal races.