Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) associated with rhubarb (<i>Rheum</i> spp.) in the Matanuska Valley, Alaska: species composition, seasonal abundance, and potential virus vectors

Authors

  • Alberto Pantoja United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Subarctic Agricultural Research Unit P.O. Box 757200 Fairbanks, AK 99775
  • Aaron M. Hagerty United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Subarctic Agricultural Research Unit P.O. Box 757200 Fairbanks, AK 99775
  • Susan Y. Emmert United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Subarctic Agricultural Research Unit P.O. Box 757200 Fairbanks, AK 99775
  • Joseph C. Kuhl United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service 533 East Fireweed Ave Palmer, AK 99645 Current address: Department of Plant, Soil, and Entomological Sciences University of Idaho Moscow, ID 83844-2339
  • Keith Pike Washington State University Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center 24106 N. Bunn Rd Prosser, WA 99350
  • Juan M. Alvarez University of Idaho Aberdeen Research and Extension Center 1693 S 2700 W Aberdeen, ID 83210
  • Andrew Jensen Washington State University Pullman, WA 99164

Keywords:

aphids, rhubarb, Rheum, Alaska, Vectors, germplasm

Abstract

Culinary rhubarb, Rheum spp., is one of the priority crop species curated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in Palmer, Alaska. Water—pan traps in commercial rhubarb in the Matanuska—Susitna River Valley near Palmer and in the USDA ARS Rheum gerrnplasm collection caught aphids belonging to eight species: Aphis helianthi Monell; Chaitophorus neglectus Hottes and Friso, Euceraphis betulae (Koch); Hayhurstia atriplicis (L.); Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas); Myzus persicae (Sulzer); Pemphigus spp.; and Rhopalosiphum padi (L.). Only three of the species (M. euphorbiae, M. persicae, and R. padz) collected in water— pan traps were also handpicked from rhubarb plants. The bird cherry—oat aphid, R. padi, was the most abundant species collected in water-pan traps and from rhubarb plants. Based on their disease transmission capability, A. helianthi, M. euphorbiae, M. persicae, and R. padi, can be considered to be of potential economic importance to rhubarb production in Alaska.

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