Intraspecific variation of Myzus persicae on sugar beet (Beta vulgaris).
Differences in inherited resistance among seven sugar-beet stocks had similar effects on Myzus persicae clones representing the range of variation in aphid response to resistant and susceptible sugar beet observed in fifty-eight clones collected between 1969 and 1971. Three sugar-beet stocks were consistently resistant. Statistically significant interactions between beet stocks and aphid clones did not indicate the existence of biotypes with specific abilities to overcome resistance. M. persicae clones differed in their vigour of colonizing sugar beet, irrespective of the differences between beet stocks. The readiness of adult aphids to settle determined the size of aphid population produced and included a component related to the response of the aphid clone to sugar beet as a host, and a component related to the resistance ranking of the beet stock. Breeding sugar beet with resistance to aphids will be simplified, as the results indicate that, at present, differences between aphid biotypes need not be considered a problem.
Lowe
H J
HJ
Plant Breeding Institute, Trumpington, Cambridge.
D000818:Animals; D001042:Aphids / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D027461:Beta vulgaris / Q000469:parasitology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005298:Fertility; D011156:Population Density