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peer-reviewed research article

Suction trap reveals 60 wheat aphid species, including Russian wheat aphid

authors

Keith S. Pike
David Allison
Leslie Boydston
Calvin O. Qualset
Herbert E. Vogt
Charles G. Summers

publication information

California Agriculture 43(6):22-24. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v043n06p22. November-December 1989.

abstract

Effective aphid pest management strategies depend on a knowledge of the economically important species present in an area and their flight behavior. A suction trap at UC Davis collected 60 aphid species, most of which are economically important. The trap detected the first specimens of the Russian wheat aphid found in northern California.