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Factors affecting host plant selection in alfalfa aphids.
Bulletin of entomological research - 1 Aug 2023
Radonjić Andja, Jovičić Ivana, Lalićević Ivana, Petrović-Obradović Olivera
Abstract excerpt
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) hosts several species of aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), Aphis craccivora Koch and Therioaphis trifolii (Monell). The preference of the aphids of alfalfa plants for dense assemblies or individual plants, as well as for healthy or infested plants, was investigated in the field as in the laboratory. Years of field research have revealed the specific preferences of all three species...
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