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English grain aphid

Sitobion avenae

Adults are up to 3 mm in length. The body colour is determined partly genetically, and partly by the environment (especially food quality). Most clones tend to be yellowish to dark green or brown, or sometimes orange-pink. The species spends its entire year on cereals and grasses. Only a small proportion of the population overwinters as eggs on Gramineae, and these hatch in early spring. The majority of the population overwinters as mobile stages on wild grasses or winter cereals and can develop rapidly in warm springs. Colonies of wingless aphids develop on the flag and upper leaves of cereals, then move to emerging ears, especially on wheat. The high reproductive potential of aphids under favourable conditions means that outbreaks can cause considerable damage, especially in wheat. Virus transmission is a threat even at low population densities. S. avenae is widespread in the different climatic regions of the world, except the subtropics and tropics.

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References

Title Year Author(s) Publisher
Field evolved resistance to pyrethroids, neonicotinoids, organophosphates and macrolides in Rhopalosiphum padi (Linnaeus) and Sitobion avenae (Fabricius) from China. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128747 2023 Gong P, Li X, gao H, Wang C, Li M, Zhang Y, Li Xiangrui, Liu E, Zhu X Chemosphere
First report of the kdr pyrethroid resistance mutation in a French population of the English grain aphid, Sitobion avenae Vol 165, 106153 2023 Fontaine S, Caddoux L, Barrès B Crop Protection
A mutation (L1014F) in the voltage-gated sodium channel of the grain aphid, Sitobion avenae, is associated with resistance to pyrethroid insecticides Vol. 70(8), pp. 1249-53. DOI: 10.1002/ps.3683 2013 Foster SP, Paul VL, Slater R, Warren A, Denholm I, Field LM, Williamson MS Pest Management Science
A study on the resistance of grain aphid sitobion avenae fab. to pesticides Vol. 31 (2), pp. 148-156 1988 Wei C, Huang S-N, Fan X-L, Sun X-P, Wang W-L, Liu Z-W, Chen G-Q Acta Entomologica Sinica
Application of the FAO-recommended method for detecting insecticide resistance in Aphis fabae Scopoli, Sitobion avenae (F.), Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) and Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Vol. 73 (1) pp. 107-115. DOI: 10.1017/S0007485300013845 1983 Stribley MF, Moores GD, Devonshire AL, Sawicki RM Bulletin of Entomological Research
Recommended methods for the detection and measurement of resistance of agricultural pests to pesticides. Method for adult aphids. FAO method 17 FAO 27 (2), pp. 2932 1979 Anon. Plant Protection Bulletin
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