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Responses of Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) to Plants treated with fatty acids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

M. H. Sherwood ,
A. R. Greenway  and
D. C. Griffiths
M. H. Sherwood
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK
A. R. Greenway
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK
D. C. Griffiths
Affiliation:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK
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The behaviour of Myzus persicae (Sulz.) on plant surfaces treated with emulsions of saturated fatty acids was investigated in three types of test. Aphids showed no clear preferences for settling or larviposition when the acids were applied to whole Chinese cabbage plants or to leaf discs from several different plant species, but settling on halves of Chinese cabbage leaves treated with undecanoic, dodecanoic or heptadecanoic acids was significantly decreased.

Type
Research Paper
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 71 , Issue 1 , March 1981 , pp. 133 - 136
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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