African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

Aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) species determined on herbaceous and shrub plants in Bartin Province in Western Blacksea Region of Turkey

Azize Toper Kaygin1*, Gazi Gorur2 and Figen C. Sade1
  1Bartın University, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Engineering, 74100 Bartın, Turkey. 2Science and Arts Faculty, Department of Biology, 51100 Nigde, Turkey.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 10 April 2009
  •  Published: 17 June 2009

Abstract

 

This study aimed to find out the Aphidoidea species feeding on herbaceous and shrub plants of Bartın province. As a result, total of 28 aphid species belonging to 14 genus and 4 tribes of the super family Aphidoidea were determined. Of these determined species, Aphis fabae Scopoli, Aphis farinosa J. F. Gmelin, Aphis gossypii Glover, Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe, Macrosiphum rosae(Linnaeus), Myzus (Nectarosiphon) persicae (Sulzer) were previously recorded from study area while remaining of the identified species were new records for Bartın province in Turkey.  

 

Key words: Bartin, Aphid, herbaceous and shrub plants, Turkey.

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