Identification of top-down forces regulating cotton aphid population growth in transgenic Bt cotton in central China.

The cotton aphid Aphis gossypii Glover is the main aphid pest in cotton fields in the Yangtze River Valley Cotton-planting Zone (YRZ) in central China. Various natural enemies may attack the cotton aphid in Bt cotton fields but no studies have identified potential specific top-down forces that could...

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Main Authors: Peng Han, Chang-ying Niu, Nicolas Desneux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4149364?pdf=render