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Impact of melon accessions resistant to aphids on the demographic potential of silverleaf whitefly.
Journal of economic entomology - 1 Apr 2005
Sauvion Nicolas, Mauriello Valérie, Renard Benjamin, Boissot Nathalie
Abstract excerpt
Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) and Aphis gossypii Glover are devastating melon, Cucumis melo L., pests. The geographic areas where they occur overlap, and the same chemicals are used to control both of them. Therefore, to reduce pesticide use, it would be necessary to breed melon lines that simultaneously express a resistance to both insects. Female survival; the time when reproduction starts, peaks, and ends; the...
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