TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of artificial diets for rearing Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
AU - Wille, B. D.
AU - Hartman, G. L.
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - Artificial aphid diets have been previously developed for the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), and the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer). The ability to rear aphids on an artificial diet allows for selectively adding or subtracting compounds from an aphid's food source to determine the effect on fecundity and longevity. Five diets previously developed for the green peach aphid and the pea aphid were tested for their suitability for rearing soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura. The best diet, originally developed for the green peach aphid and based on the amino acid profile of young potato plants, allowed 12 generations of soybean aphids to develop. For all diets tested, aphid fecundity, and longevity were greatly reduced in comparison with aphids reared on soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr., plants or on detached soybean leaves. In addition, mean developmental time was significantly longer for aphids reared on artificial diets.
AB - Artificial aphid diets have been previously developed for the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), and the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer). The ability to rear aphids on an artificial diet allows for selectively adding or subtracting compounds from an aphid's food source to determine the effect on fecundity and longevity. Five diets previously developed for the green peach aphid and the pea aphid were tested for their suitability for rearing soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura. The best diet, originally developed for the green peach aphid and based on the amino acid profile of young potato plants, allowed 12 generations of soybean aphids to develop. For all diets tested, aphid fecundity, and longevity were greatly reduced in comparison with aphids reared on soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr., plants or on detached soybean leaves. In addition, mean developmental time was significantly longer for aphids reared on artificial diets.
KW - Aphis glycines
KW - Artificial diet
KW - Nutrition
KW - Soybean aphid
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U2 - 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[1228:EOADFR]2.0.CO;2
DO - 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[1228:EOADFR]2.0.CO;2
M3 - Article
C2 - 18767731
AN - SCOPUS:50849129143
SN - 0022-0493
VL - 101
SP - 1228
EP - 1232
JO - Journal of economic entomology
JF - Journal of economic entomology
IS - 4
ER -