Integrated modelling of the life cycle and aeroecology of wind-borne pests in temporally-variable spatially-heterogeneous environment

HH Wang, WE Grant, NC Elliott, MJ Brewer… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Integrating population ecology and aeroecology is important for understanding dispersal
dynamics of pest insects that depend on aerial habitats. Sugarcane aphid (Melanaphis …

Natural enemies, mediated by landscape and weather conditions, shape response of the sorghum agroecosystem of North America to the invasive aphid Melanaphis …

MJ Brewer, NC Elliott, IL Esquivel… - Frontiers in Insect …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The sorghum (Sorghum bicolor [L.]) agroecosystem of North America provided an
opportunity to evaluate agroecosystem response to an invading insect herbivore …

Physiological response as a tolerance mechanism to yellow sugarcane aphid (YSA)(S. Flava Forbes) herbivory on selected commercial sugarcane varieties (S …

N Sakadzo, M Mubvuma, C Mukanga… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Physiological tolerance in response to Yellow Sugarcane Aphid feeding remains an
unexplored area in the sugar industry of Zimbabwe and elsewhere. Two treatments of aphid …

Where do all the aphids go? A series of thought experiments within the context of area-wide pest management

HH Wang, WE Grant, TE Koralewski, NC Elliott… - Agricultural …, 2020 - Elsevier
Aphids are economically important wind-borne crop pests worldwide. Forecasting invasions
poses the challenge of modelling both the terrestrial and aerial portions of their life cycle in …

Sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari (Hemiptera: Aphididae), abundance on sorghum and johnsongrass in a laboratory and field setting

IL Esquivel, AM Faris, MJ Brewer - Crop Protection, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract In North America, the sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner,
1897)(Heteroptera: Aphididae), has recently become an eruptive and costly pest of …

Comparative biology and life tables of sorghum aphid Melanaphis sorghi (Theobald) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from Mexico, at different temperatures

R Peña-Martínez, JR Lomeli-Flores, R Bujanos-Muñiz… - Phytoparasitica, 2024 - Springer
The sorghum aphid Melanaphis sorghi (Theobald, 1904) is the most critical pest in sorghum
crops grown in the USA and Mexico. The cultivated area of sorghum was reduced by more …

Parasitization of the sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari, by commercially available aphid parasitoids

NH Mercer, RT Bessin, JJ Obrycki - BioControl, 2021 - Springer
Identification of natural enemies of novel pests is important for the development of effective
integrated pest management. Commercially available parasitoids used for control of …

MANAGEMENT OF SUGARCANE APHID (MELANAPHIS SACCHARI) USING BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL TACTICS IN KENTUCKY

NH Mercer - 2020 - uknowledge.uky.edu
In 2013, a new aphid pest of sorghum, the sugarcane aphid Melanaphis sacchari Zehntner
(Hemiptera: Aphididae), was found in the southern US, and caused significant yield loss in …

First report of yellow sugarcane aphid Sipha flava Forbes (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Tanzania

B January, A Yusufu, F Urassa - Journal of Plant Protection …, 2020 - agro.icm.edu.pl
The yellow sugarcane aphid (YSA), Sipha flava Forbes (Homoptera: Aphididae) is an
invasive insect pest of many graminaceous plants which include cultivated crops, like …

Physiological response as a tolerant mechanism to Yellow Sugarcane Aphids (YSA)(S. flava) herbivory on selected commercial sugarcane varieties (Saccharum …

M Mubvuma, C Mukanga, ARS Mabveni, R Musundire - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Physiological tolerance in response to Yellow Sugarcane Aphid feeding remains an
unexplored area in the sugar industry of Zimbabwe and elsewhere. A 7× 2 factorial in a …