APHIDS ON MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS IN EGYPT (HEMIPTERA: APHIDIDAE) | ||||
| Journal of Environmental Science | ||||
| Article 3, Volume 46, Issue 3, June 2019, Page 47-62 PDF (279.59 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Review Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jes.2019.129964 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| R. Mahmoud Essam1; Helmi Ashraf2; A. Dahroug Sayed2; A. Mohamed Mona1 | ||||
| 1Vegetable Pests Dep., Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||||
| 2Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Aphids are considered serious sap-sucking pests of several plants all over the world. Aphids on medicinal and aromatic plants in Egypt were surveyed throughout the period between 2013 and 2015. Nine aphid species belonging to six genera all represented sub-family Aphidinae were recorded on 26 medicinal and aromatic host plants from different localities in Egypt. Identification taxonomic key for the nine species was designed. Synonyms, historical review, host plants and distribution in Egypt for each aphid species were provided. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Survey; Identification; Taxonomic key; Host plants; Medicinal plants; Aromatic plants; Synonyms; Distribution; Egypt | ||||
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