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DO BALSAM TWIG APHIDS (HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE) LOWER TREE SUSCEPTIBILITY TO SPRUCE BUDWORM?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

William J. Mattson ,
Robert A. Haack ,
Robert K. Lawrence  and
Daniel A. Herms
William J. Mattson
Affiliation:
North Central Forest Experimental Station, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Pesticide Research Center, and Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA48824
Robert A. Haack
Affiliation:
North Central Forest Experimental Station, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Pesticide Research Center, and Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA48824
Robert K. Lawrence
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA48824
Daniel A. Herms
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA48824
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Abstract

The balsam twig aphid, Mindarus abietinus Koch, infested nearly all trees in a range-wide provenance plantation of balsam fir, Abies balsamea (L.) Mill., in Michigan. Infestation levels were highest on eastern and lowest on western seed sources of fir. Large populations of the aphid were correlated with low survival and reduced developmental rates of the spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens). We propose that chronic, high susceptibility of trees to aphids could reduce concomitant susceptibility to budworm through direct (competition) and indirect (host and community-level) effects.

Résumé

Le puceron Mindarus abietinus Koch infestait presque tous les arbres dans une plantation du sapin baumier, Abies balsamea (L.) Mills., au Michigan; les arbres étaient de provenance largement répartie dans l’aire de distribution du sapin. Les niveaux d’infestation étaient maximum sur les provenances de l’est, et minimum sur celles de l’ouest. Les populations denses du puceron étaient correlées avec la baisse de survie et ralentissement du développement de la tordeuse des bourgeons de l’épinette, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens). Nous proposons que la susceptibilité chronique des arbres au puceron peut réduire la susceptibilité à la tordeuse par des mécanismes directs (compétition) et indirects (au niveau de la communauté).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 121 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 93 - 103
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1989

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