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Title: RELATIVE SUITABILITY OF FORAGE GRASSES AS OVER-SUMMERING HOSTS FOR THE RUSSIAN WHEAT APHID

Author
item HARVEY, TOM - KANSAS STATE UNIV., HAYS
item Kindler, Dean - Dean
item KOCH, DAVID - UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
item HARMONY, KEITH - KANSAS STATE UNIV., HAYS

Submitted to: Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting North Central Branch
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/2/2001
Publication Date: 3/25/2001
Citation: Harvey, T.L., Kindler, D., Koch, D., Harmony, K. 2001. Relative suitability of forage grasses as over-summering hosts for the Russian wheat aphid [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting North Central Branch, March 25-28, 2001, Ft. Collins, Colorado. p. 24.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Forage grasses growing in field plots in Kansas and Wyoming were evaluated for relative suitability as over-summer hosts for the Russian wheat aphid. Aphid numbers varied greatly among grasses and between the two locations. Some of the grasses, especially in Wyoming, may serve to maintain a reservoir of aphids capable of moving into volunteer or early planted wheat.