Sublethal effects of imidacloprid on the performance of the bird cherry-oat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi.

The bird cherry-oat aphid, Rhopalosiphum padi (L.), is a major insect pest of cereal crops in many countries. Imidacloprid has been widely used for controlling piercing-sucking insect pests worldwide, but its sublethal effects on R. padi have not been well addressed. In this study, we investigated t...

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Main Authors: Wenqiang Li, Zengbin Lu, Lili Li, Yi Yu, Song Dong, Xingyuan Men, Baohua Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6147452?pdf=render