1st Edition

Biology and Ecology of Aphids

Edited By Andreas Vilcinskas Copyright 2016
282 Pages
by CRC Press

282 Pages 16 Color & 16 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

282 Pages
by CRC Press

Most people know of aphids as garden pests, infesting the soft green tissues of plants in vast numbers and killing them by sucking out the sap. Indeed, among the 4000 or so known species of aphids about 250 are pests, and in temperate regions several are economically important agricultural pests that damage crops directly during feeding or act as vectors for plant pathogens. But aphids are also... Read more

Phylogeny of the Aphids. The Ontogenesis of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum. Functional and Evolutionary Genomics in Aphids. Epigenetic Control of Polyphenism in Aphids. Bacterial Symbionts of Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Aphid Immunity. Aphid Molecular Stress Biology. The Effect of Plant Within-Species Variation on Aphid Ecology. Chemical Ecology of Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Aphid Honeydew: Rubbish or Signaler. Function of Aphid Saliva in Aphid-Plant Interaction. Biotechnological Approaches to Aphid Management. Aphid Techniques.

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Andreas Vilcinskas