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This publication reports on field studies of aphid biology and of associated ecological factors made near Presque Isle, Maine. Results showed that, among the biological agents affecting aphid population trends from 1952 through 1962, entomogenous fungi were outstanding in reducing the size of populations of the potato aphid developing on potatoes treated with fungicides but not with insecticides. The potato aphid was most affected by fungi and the buckthorn aphid least affected by them. The green peach and foxglove aphids were intermediate. Predators exerted a noticeably adverse effect upon aphid population trends in two of the 11 years.
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Volume
6
Publication Date
11-1-1963
Publisher
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
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Keywords
aphids, potatoes, entomopathogenci fungi
Disciplines
Entomology
Recommended Citation
Shands, W.A., G.W. Simpson, and I.M. Hall. 1963. Importance of entomogenous fungi in controlling aphids on potatoes in northeastern Maine. Maine Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 6.
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