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The effect of previously infested spruce needles on the growth of the green spruce aphid, Elatobium abietinum, and the effect of the aphid on the amino acid balance of the host plant
Authors:MARTIN FISHER
Institution:Department of Biological Sciences, Bayero University, P.M.B. 3011, Kano, Nigeria
Abstract:The effect of chlorosis induced in needles of Sitka and Norway spruce by the green spruce aphid on growth of the aphid is investigated, and the effect of infestation of the aphid on amino acid levels in Sitka spruce foliage is reported. On both Sitka and Norway spruce green spruce aphids were heavier when reared on chlorotic (previously infested) needles than when reared on green (previously uninfested) needles. The effect was more pronounced on Sitka than on Norway spruce. Infestation of the aphid altered the amino acid balance of Sitka spruce foliage but not the concentration of total amino acids. Possible causes of chlorosis, the influence of individual amino acids on aphid growth, the potential effect of chlorosis on outbreaks of the aphid and the differences in susceptibility of Sitka and Norway spruce to damage by the aphid are discussed.
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