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Secondary effects of air pollution: Enhanced aphid growth.

Environ. Pollut. 39, 227-234 (1985)
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The effect of urban air - ambient Munich air - on aphid growth was investigated. Rose bushes (Rosa sp., cv. Nina Weibull) were fumigated with either ambient Munich air or charcoal-filtered air. Then the plants were infected with aphid Macrosiphon rosae nymphs. The mean relative growth rate of aphids feedings on roses in ambient air was about 20% higher than those feeding in the filtered atmosphere. This result confirms previous studies that air pollution enhances the pest potential of aphids.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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ISSN (print) / ISBN 0269-7491
e-ISSN 1873-6424
Quellenangaben Volume: 39, Issue: 3, Pages: 227-234 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Elsevier
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institut für Toxikologie und Biochemie