Plant-mediated effects of drought on aphid population structure and parasitoid attack

• Published in: Journal of applied entomology (1986) Vol. 137; no. 1-2; pp. 136 - 145
• Main Authors: Aslam, T. J., Johnson, S. N., Karley, A. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2013; Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Air temperature; Amino acids; Aphididae; Aphidius ervi; Biological and medical sciences; Biological control; Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Control; Demography; Drought; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hordeum vulgare; Hymenoptera; Parasitism; Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection; Population structure; Protozoa. Invertebrates; Rhopalosiphum padi; summer drought; Europe; Monocotyledones; Aphidoidea; Hordeum vulgare; summer drought; Insecta; Aphidius ervi; Summer; Population structure; Rhopalosiphum padi; Cereal crop; Dynamical climatology; Climate change; Pest; Parasitoid; Homoptera; Gramineae; Arthropoda; Angiospermae; Aphididae; Spermatophyta; Braconidae; Hymenoptera; Invertebrata; Drought

The effects of predicted climate change on aphid–natural enemy interactions have principally considered the effects of elevated carbon dioxide concentration and air temperature. However, increased incidence of summer droughts are also predicted in Northern Europe, which could affect aphid–plant inte...