Multiple Categories of Resistance to Wheat Curl Mite (Acari: Eriophyidae) Expressed in Accessions of Aegilops tauschii

• Published in: Journal of economic entomology Vol. 105; no. 6; pp. 2180 - 2186
• Main Authors: Carrera, Sandra Garcés, Davis, Holly, Aguirre-Rojas, Lina, Murugan, Marimuthu, Smith, C. Mike
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Entomological Society of America 01.12.2012
• Subjects: Aceria tosichella; adults; Aegilops tauschii; Animals; Antibiosis; antibiotics; antixenosis; High Plains virus; mite infestations; mites; Mites - physiology; nymphs; pests; Plant Diseases - parasitology; Poaceae - immunology; Poaceae - parasitology; population growth; Triticum mosaic virus; wheat; Wheat streak mosaic virus; United States

The wheat curl mite, Aceria tosichella Keifer, is an important pest in the western plains of the United States as well as in most major wheat-growing regions of the world. This mite is a vector of the economically important diseases wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV), Triticum mosaic virus (TriMV), an...