Biodiversity of Aphids (Insecta: Homoptera: Aphididae) Infesting Legumes (Angiospermae: Fabales: Fabaceae) in India

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Biodiversity of Aphids (Insecta: Homoptera: Aphididae) Infesting Legumes (Angiospermae: Fabales: Fabaceae) in India

Rajendra Singh, Garima Singh, Kusum Singh, AAkhilesh Sharma

01 Jan 2016-International Journal of Research (ARC Journals)-Vol. 2, Iss: 1, pp 30-44

TL;DR: On record, 73 aphid species colonise the legumes in India, among which Aphis craccivora is the dominating species and feeds on 83 species of legumes followed by Aphis gossypii and Acyrthosiphon pisum.

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Abstract: The angiospermic family Fabaceae or Leguminosae is the second largest family in the world. Out of about 1200 species described, only 122 species were found to be attacked by one or other aphid (Insecta : Homoptera : Aphididae) species. On record, 73 aphid species colonise the legumes in India, among which Aphis craccivora is the dominating species and feeds on 83 species of legumes followed by Aphis gossypii (39 species) and Acyrthosiphon pisum (20 species). The higher number of aphid species (16 species) are found to colonise Cajanus cajan followed by Lablab purpureus ssp. purpureus (12 aphid species) and Vigna unguiculata ssp. cylindrica (8 aphid species).

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Aphid diversity in two food legume crops: fava bean and pea in Naciria region, and first record of Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner, 1897) in Algeria

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N. Bouabida, K. Benoufella-Kitous, S. Ait Amar, F. Medjdoub-Bensaad

26 Jan 2021-Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research

TL;DR: An exhaustive inventory of aphids present on bean and pea crops in the region of Naciria (Boumerdes) expresses a richness of 48 aphid species, with one Melanaphis sacchari species identified for the first time in Algeria.

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Abstract: Beans and peas are very important legumes because of their importance in human food and their high protein contents, as well as their role in the supply of atmospheric nitrogen to the soil. However, these crops are subject to various pest outbreaks, reducing their yield. The purpose of this study is to carry out an exhaustive inventory of aphids present on bean (Faba bean and Seville variety) and pea crops (Merveille De Kelvedone and Utrillo variety) in the region of Naciria (Boumerdes), in order to evaluate the diversity and abundance of aphids present in these crops. Sampling of aphid populations has been done using two trapping techniques: Barber pitfall trap and yellow traps. The results obtained express a richness of 48 aphid species, with one Melanaphis sacchari species identified for the first time in Algeria. 28 species are inventoried in the pea crop of Utrillo variety, 27 species on the Merveille de Kelvedone variety, 21 species in the bean crop of Seville variety (Vicia faba major) and 20 species on the faba bean (Vicia faba minor).

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...…this species in the form of low density colonies, apterous individuals on Avena sterilis L. and denser colonies on Lavatera cretica L. Sekkat (2015) reports it on Cucurbits, Solanaceae and Citrus in Morocco, whereas Singh et al. (2016) note the presence of A. gossypii on 39 legume species in India....
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...Singh et al. (2016) in a study on biodiversity of aphids infesting legumes in India, reported the presence of 73 species that could infest these crops....
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The Study of Insect Pests of Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. and Their Seasonal Incidence in Jharkhand, India

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Arvind Kumar

30 Aug 2017-American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

TL;DR: The present study was undertaken in the province of Jharkhand to find out the insect pest fauna of D. sissoo their infestation and seasonal incidence, and two insect pests Lawana conspersa and Icerya seychellarum were found first time on D. dalbergiae.

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Abstract: Shisham Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. is the most popular and valuable timber species found throughout India-Pakistan sub-continent. The present study was undertaken in the province of Jharkhand to find out the insect pest fauna of D. sissoo their infestation and seasonal incidence. Total seventeen insect pests were recorded from the region out of which five insects belongs to Coleoptera viz. Apoderus sissu, Anomala dalbergiae, Anomala bengalensis, Myllocerus undecimpustulatus and Myllocerus discolour were observed. Similarly, five insect pests of order Lepidoptera viz. Agrotis ipsilon, Plecoptera reflexa, Ascotis infixaria, Dichomeris eridantis and Leucoptera sphenograpta were observed. Six insect pests belonging to order Hemiptera viz. Lawana conspersa, Ceroplastes rusci, Leptocentrus taurus, Myzus persicae, Icerya seychellarum, Drosicha dalbergiae and Odontotermes obesus. Among these, two insect pests Lawana conspersa and Icerya seychellarum were found first time on D. sissoo. Additionally, nature of damage, seasonal incidence and their infestation was also observed during the course of study.

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Studies on Indian Aphididae. I. The Aphid Fauna of Delhi.

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G. Ullah

01 Jan 1940-Indian journal of entomology

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Host plants of Aphis gossypii glover (Homoptera: Aphididae) in the Maroua area North Cameroon

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G. Ekukole

01 Jan 1993

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Parasites and predators as enimies of aphids in ornamental crops)

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H. Bathon, P. Detzel

01 Jan 1993

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Symbiosis specificity in the legume: rhizobial mutualism.

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Dong Wang¹, Shengming Yang², Fang Tang², Hongyan Zhu²•Institutions (2)

University of Massachusetts Amherst¹, University of Kentucky²

01 Mar 2012-Cellular Microbiology

TL;DR: The current understanding of the mechanisms used by the host and bacteria to choose their symbiotic partners are reviewed, with a special focus on the role that the host immunity plays in controlling the specificity of the legume – rhizobial symbiosis.

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Abstract: Legume plants are able to engage in root nodule symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria, collectively called rhizobia. This mutualistic association is highly specific, such that each rhizobial species/strain interacts with only a specific group of legumes, and vice versa. Symbiosis specificity can occur at multiple phases of the interaction, ranging from initial bacterial attachment and infection to late nodule development associated with nitrogen fixation. Genetic control of symbiosis specificity is complex, involving fine-tuned signal communication between the symbiotic partners. Here we review our current understanding of the mechanisms used by the host and bacteria to choose their symbiotic partners, with a special focus on the role that the host immunity plays in controlling the specificity of the legume - rhizobial symbiosis.

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...The plants of this group also possess symbiotic rhizobial bacteria in nodules, mainly located in the root cortex of the plant and help in fixing atmospheric nitrogen making soil more fertile [7]....
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Catalogue of the world's Aphididae: Homoptera Aphidoidea.

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01 Jan 1997

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...0 mm in length) insects that suck the phloem fluid of plants [1] and about 1000 species are injurious to crops throughout the world [2]....
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The Fauna of India and the Adjacent Countries, Homoptera: Aphidoidea

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Louise M. Russell

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...: Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) [23,28,33,108], Aphis craccivora Koch [16,28,32, 35,40], Aphis fabae complex [19,28,32,33,76], Aphis gossypii Glover [28,49,50], Aphis spiraecola Patch [28,32,50], Chaetogeoica graminiphaga Raychaudhuri et al....
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Dhirendra Nath Raychaudhuri

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...) : Megoura dooarsis (Ghosh and Raychaudhuri) [28,33]...
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...: Aphis craccivora Koch [16,20,32], Aphis gossypii Glover [16,43], Aphis umbrella (Borner) [16], Aulacorthum magnoliae (Essig and Kuwana) [33]...
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...[55], Myzus dycei Carver [28,33,55], Myzus persicae (Sulzer) [67]...
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Indian Insect Life: A Manual of the Insects of the Plain (Tropical India).

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H. Maxwell-Lefroy, F. M. Howlett

01 Jan 1909

TL;DR: Insects are already responsible for 14 volumes of the Fauna of British India and the tale is yet to run, and the authours have attempted to satisfy this need within the limits of a single volume.

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