Biology and Ecology of Aphids

Book Overview

Most people know of aphids as garden pests, infesting the soft green tissues of plants in vast numbers and killing them by sucking out the sap. Indeed, among the 4000 or so known species of aphids about 250 are pests, and in temperate regions several are economically important agricultural pests that damage crops directly during feeding or act as vectors for plant pathogens. But aphids are also important model organisms in evolutionary biology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367783185
• ISBN13: 9780367783181
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 282 Pages