| population dynamics of three aphid species (hemiptera: aphididae) on four ipomoea spp. infected or noninfected with sweetpotato potyviruses. | three aphid species, aphis gossypii glover and myzus persicae (sulzer) (efficient sweetpotato potyvirus vectors) and rhopalosiphum padi (l.) (an inefficient vector), are commonly found in sweet potato, ipomoea batatas (l.), in louisiana. field-grown sweet potatoes are naturally infected with several potyviruses: sweet potato feathery mottle virus, sweet potato virus g, and sweet potato virus 2. thus, these aphids commonly encounter virus-infected hosts. what is not known is how each of these aph ... | 2013 | 24020267 |