Journal article
Authors list: GRUPPE, A
Publication year: 1990
Pages: 484-489
Journal: Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz = Journal of plant diseases and protection
Volume number: 97
Issue number: 5
ISSN: 0340-8159
Publisher: Ulmer
Abstract:
The Black Cherry Aphid Myzus cerasi F. lives in trophobiosis with different ant species. The association is not obligatory, thus there are also unattended colonies. Most commonly, Lasius niger L. and Myrmica laevinoides Nyl. were found together with the aphid. Beside these two, four other ant species were found to live with M. cerasi. When ants were kept away from cherry trees by sticky trap-bands significantly less aphid colonies developed compared to unprevented trees. On ant-attended trees, colonies developed on many neighbouring buds and sprouts, starting from the central part of the trees, where fundatrices hatched. On ant-free trees, isolated colonies were found merely. The use of sticky trap-bands in early spring may reduce the danger of aphid outbreaks on cherry trees. This measure seems to be useful mainly in house gardens.
Citation Styles
Harvard Citation style: GRUPPE, A. (1990) THE EFFECT OF ANTS ON DEVELOPMENT AND DISPERSAL OF MYZUS-CERASI F (HOM APHIDIDAE) ON CHERRY TREES, Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz = Journal of plant diseases and protection, 97(5), pp. 484-489
APA Citation style: GRUPPE, A. (1990). THE EFFECT OF ANTS ON DEVELOPMENT AND DISPERSAL OF MYZUS-CERASI F (HOM APHIDIDAE) ON CHERRY TREES. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz = Journal of plant diseases and protection. 97(5), 484-489.
