Canopy structure in soybean monocultures and soybeansorghum mixtures: impact on aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) landing rates

Aphid landing rates were monitored with horizontal mosaic green pan traps in monocultures of soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merrill, and in additive mixtures of soybean with dwarf or tall isolines of sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) colonized sorghum whorls and was the m...

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Autores principales: Bottenberg, H., Irwin, M.E.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford University Press 1992
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100024
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description Aphid landing rates were monitored with horizontal mosaic green pan traps in monocultures of soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merrill, and in additive mixtures of soybean with dwarf or tall isolines of sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) colonized sorghum whorls and was the major species caught in pan traps. Weekly aphicide spot applications to sorghum whorls, starting at 36 d after planting, did not suppress R. maidis colonies significantly until after the third application. Landing rates of R. maidis alatae were similar in treated and untreated crop mixtures. The lack of a significant difference may have resulted from immigration of R. maidis alatae from outside the experimental field but inefficient colony suppression may have produced similar results. Mixed cropping reduced landing rates of Aphis gossypii Glover, Aphis helianthi complex, and Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) on sorghum plants, and R. maidis on soybean plants. Generally, landing rates were equally reduced in the mixtures with tall or dwarf sorghum. The percentage of ground covered by vegetation, which was less in monocultures than in mixtures, proved to be more important than crop height in reducing aphid landing rates. All aphid species landed randomly on soybean and sorghum plants within dwarf sorghum mixtures. However, in tall sorghum mixtures Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe and A. gossypii preferred to land on soybean whereas Aphis spiraecola Patch landed more often on sorghum. Landing R. maidis alatae did not show a preference for sorghum or soybean in the crop mixtures. Different sensitivities to microclimatic conditions may explain these behavioral patterns.
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spelling CGSpace1000242024-05-15T05:11:43Z Canopy structure in soybean monocultures and soybeansorghum mixtures: impact on aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) landing rates Bottenberg, H. Irwin, M.E. insecta rhopalosiphum maidis soybeans sorghum Aphid landing rates were monitored with horizontal mosaic green pan traps in monocultures of soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merrill, and in additive mixtures of soybean with dwarf or tall isolines of sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) colonized sorghum whorls and was the major species caught in pan traps. Weekly aphicide spot applications to sorghum whorls, starting at 36 d after planting, did not suppress R. maidis colonies significantly until after the third application. Landing rates of R. maidis alatae were similar in treated and untreated crop mixtures. The lack of a significant difference may have resulted from immigration of R. maidis alatae from outside the experimental field but inefficient colony suppression may have produced similar results. Mixed cropping reduced landing rates of Aphis gossypii Glover, Aphis helianthi complex, and Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) on sorghum plants, and R. maidis on soybean plants. Generally, landing rates were equally reduced in the mixtures with tall or dwarf sorghum. The percentage of ground covered by vegetation, which was less in monocultures than in mixtures, proved to be more important than crop height in reducing aphid landing rates. All aphid species landed randomly on soybean and sorghum plants within dwarf sorghum mixtures. However, in tall sorghum mixtures Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe and A. gossypii preferred to land on soybean whereas Aphis spiraecola Patch landed more often on sorghum. Landing R. maidis alatae did not show a preference for sorghum or soybean in the crop mixtures. Different sensitivities to microclimatic conditions may explain these behavioral patterns. 1992-06-01 2019-03-03T05:54:47Z 2019-03-03T05:54:47Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100024 en Limited Access Oxford University Press Bottenberg, H. & Irwin, M.E. (1992). Canopy structure in soybean monocultures and soybean—sorghum mixtures: impact on Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) landing rates. Environmental Entomology, 21(3), 542-548.
spellingShingle insecta
rhopalosiphum maidis
soybeans
sorghum
Bottenberg, H.
Irwin, M.E.
Canopy structure in soybean monocultures and soybeansorghum mixtures: impact on aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) landing rates
title Canopy structure in soybean monocultures and soybeansorghum mixtures: impact on aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) landing rates
title_full Canopy structure in soybean monocultures and soybeansorghum mixtures: impact on aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) landing rates
title_fullStr Canopy structure in soybean monocultures and soybeansorghum mixtures: impact on aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) landing rates
title_full_unstemmed Canopy structure in soybean monocultures and soybeansorghum mixtures: impact on aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) landing rates
title_short Canopy structure in soybean monocultures and soybeansorghum mixtures: impact on aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) landing rates
title_sort canopy structure in soybean monocultures and soybeansorghum mixtures impact on aphid homoptera aphididae landing rates
topic insecta
rhopalosiphum maidis
soybeans
sorghum
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/100024
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