Green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer), is the most efficient vector of aphid-transmitted potato viruses. Oil rape seeds, such as canola are important spring hosts for green peach aphids in the Red River Valley. Canola may serve as a "green bridge" connecting spring colonization of green peach aphid in the region with potato production by producing highly efficient vectors during a critical stage of seed potato production. The present study was carried out to investigate the population dynamics of green peach aphids on canola using leaf samples and green tile traps.
Species 1: Hemiptera Aphididae Myzus persicae (green peach aphid)
Keywords: canola, seed potato
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