APHIDS ON MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS IN EGYPT (HEMIPTERA: APHIDIDAE)

Document Type : Review Article

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1 Vegetable Pests Dep., Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

2 Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

Abstract

Aphids are considered serious sap-sucking pests of several plants all over the world. Aphids on medicinal and aromatic plants in Egypt were surveyed throughout the period between 2013 and 2015. Nine aphid species belonging to six genera all represented sub-family Aphidinae were recorded on 26 medicinal and aromatic host plants from different localities in Egypt. Identification taxonomic key for the nine species was designed. Synonyms, historical review, host plants and distribution in Egypt for each aphid species were provided.
 

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