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research article

Aphid damage to alfalfa hay: Honeydew of spotted alfalfa aphid apparently not distasteful to cattle but protein and carotene in damaged hay are reduced

authors

Roy V. Parker, University of California
Vernon E. Burton, University of California
Ray F. Smith, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 10(3):5-12. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v010n03p5. March 1956.

author affiliations

Roy V. Parker is Farm Advisor, Kern County, University of California. Vernon E. Burton is Farm Advisor, Kern County, University of California. Ray F. Smith is Associate Professor of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley.

abstract

Abstract Not Available – First paragraph follows:

The spotted alfalfa aphid—Therioaphis maculata (Buckton)—causes damage to alfalfa in a variety of ways.

author notes

The chemical analyses of the alfalfa hays were made by the Department of Agronomy, University of California, Davis.


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