Quantification of insecticide resistance in the tobacco-adapted form of the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer)(Hemiptera: Aphididae)

The tobacco-adapted form of the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer), is one of the most important insect pests of tobacco in the United States and around the world. Insecticides play a major role in controlling the aphid on tobacco because natural enemies usually fail to maintain its populat...

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Main Author: Srigiriraju, Lakshmipathi
Other Authors: Entomology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27549
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05052008-173054/