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The effect of introducing aphid‐pathogenic Entomophthoraceae into field populations of Aphis fabae
Author(s) -
WILDING BY N.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1981.tb05124.x
Subject(s) - aphis , biology , aphid , pirimicarb , population , aphididae , entomophthorales , horticulture , botany , agronomy , veterinary medicine , homoptera , toxicology , pest analysis , biological pest control , medicine , demography , sociology
SUMMARY During two warm, dry seasons (1975 and 1976) aphid‐pathogenic species of Entomophthoraceae introduced into Aphis fabae populations on field beans established briefly but failed to spread. In cool moist seasons (1977 and 1978), the fungi, principally Erynia neoaphidis and Neozygites fresenii , spread more rapidly in treated than untreated plots. In 1977, the maximum aphid population in plots treated with fungi reached a mean of 9000/plant on 19 July compared with 16 000/plant 1 wk later in untreated plots. The corresponding yield of beans in treated plots was twice that in untreated plots though only half that in plots kept free of aphids with pirimicarb. In two experiments in 1978, the maximum aphid population in treated areas was 700/plant, half that in untreated areas and 1 to 2 wk earlier. Yields from treated plots, however, were not significantly different from those from untreated plots. In nature, the fungi attack A. fabae populations in England only after they have become damaging, partly because fungal inoculum is sparse when the aphid population is small.

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