"Aphids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family (Aphididae) of small insects, in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, that suck the juices of plants. Important genera include Schizaphis and Myzus. The latter is known to carry more than 100 virus diseases between plants.
| Descriptor ID |
D001042
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.412.165
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| Concept/Terms |
Aphids- Aphids
- Aphid
- Plant Louse
- Aphididae
- Louse, Plant
- Louses, Plant
- Plant Louses
- Lice, Plant
- Lices, Plant
- Plant Lices
- Plant Lice
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Aphids" by people in Profiles.
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Wulff JA, Buckman KA, Wu K, Heimpel GE, White JA. The endosymbiont Arsenophonus is widespread in soybean aphid, Aphis glycines, but does not provide protection from parasitoids or a fungal pathogen. PLoS One. 2013; 8(4):e62145.
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Zhang Y, Wu K, Wyckhuys KA, Heimpel GE. Trade-offs between flight and fecundity in the soybean aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae). J Econ Entomol. 2009 Feb; 102(1):133-8.
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Zhang Y, Wang L, Wu K, Wyckhuys KA, Heimpel GE. Flight performance of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae) under different temperature and humidity regimens. Environ Entomol. 2008 Apr; 37(2):301-6.
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Miao J, Wu K, Hopper KR, Li G. Population dynamics of Aphis glycines (Homoptera: Aphididae) and impact of natural enemies in northern China. Environ Entomol. 2007 Aug; 36(4):840-8.