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1 September 2010 Resistance of Wild Solanum Accessions to Aphids and Other Potato Pests in Quebec Field Conditions
B. Fréchette, M. Bejan, É. Lucas, P. Giordanengo, C. Vincent
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Abstract

Two experiments were done to determine the susceptibility of six wild potato accessions to the aphids Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) and Myzus persicae (Sulzer). Densities of aphid colonies were compared between caged Solanum pinnatisectum Dunal (Solanales: Solanaceae), S. polyadenium Greenmam, S. tarijense Hawkes, S. infundibuliforme Philippi, S. oplocense Hawkes, and S. stoloniferum Schlechted and Bouché, and the commercially cultivated potato plant S. tuberosum L. cv. Désirée. Moreover the susceptibility of S. polyadenium and S. tarijense to the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) (Coleoptera: Chrlysomelidae), the potato flea beetle Epitrix cucumeris (Harris), and the potato leafhopper Empoasca fabae (Harris) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) was compared to that of S. tuberosum cv. Désirée in the field. Results indicated that S. polyadenium and S. tarijense were more resistant to M. persicae than S. pinnatisectum and the commercially cultivated S. tuberosum cv. Désirée. Solanum polyadenium was more resistant to aphids than S. tarijense in 2004, but not in 2005. Moreover, S. polyadenium and S. tarijense were more resistant than S. tuberosum cv. Désirée to L. decemlineata, E. cucumeris and E. fabae.

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B. Fréchette, M. Bejan, É. Lucas, P. Giordanengo, and C. Vincent "Resistance of Wild Solanum Accessions to Aphids and Other Potato Pests in Quebec Field Conditions," Journal of Insect Science 10(161), 1-16, (1 September 2010). https://doi.org/10.1673/031.010.14121
Received: 20 May 2009; Accepted: 1 November 2009; Published: 1 September 2010
KEYWORDS
Aphididae
Coleoptera
Empoasca fabae
Epitrix cucumeris
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Myzus euphorbiae
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