First Report and Distribution of the Indian Mustard Aphid, Lipaphis erysimi pseudobrassicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var capitata) in Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorFening, K.O.
dc.contributor.authorForchibe, E.E.
dc.contributor.authorWamonje, F.O.
dc.contributor.authorAdama, I.
dc.contributor.authorAfreh-Nuamah, K.
dc.contributor.authorCarr, J.P.
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-14T10:25:05Z
dc.date.available2020-07-14T10:25:05Z
dc.date.issued2020-04-09
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThe presence of large colonies of aphids is associated with a devastating novel necrotic disease of cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) in Ghana that is thought to be of viral etiology. In this study, we used molecular taxonomic tools to identify the aphid species present on these diseased cabbage plants. This was confirmed using two key features for morphological identification, involving the length of cornicles and shape of cauda for the wingless forms of the aphids. Two species of aphids were identified and their distribution in Ghana indicated. One was the generalist aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) but the most abundant was the brassica specialist aphid, Lipaphis erysimi pseudobrassicae (Davis) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), which is one of the most destructive pests of brassica crops in some countries in Africa and other parts of the world. L. erysimi has been reported in Benin, Mali, South Africa, India, China, and United States, but this is the first formal report of L. erysimi pseudobrassicae in Ghana. The correct identification of L. erysimi is crucial, suggesting that it has recently become one of the most common species of aphid found on cabbage plants in Ghana.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCambridge-Africa Partnership for Research Excellence (CAPREx), the ALBORADA Trust, the UK Biotechnological and Biological Research Council (BBSRC) Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Impact Acceleration Account (BB/GCRF-IAA/04) and the BBSRC CONNECTED Network (BB/R005397/1). F.O.W. was supported by a grant to JPC from the BBSRC SCPRID scheme (BB/ J011762/1) and by a Royal Society-FLAIR Fellowship (Grant number FLR\R1\190462).en_US
dc.identifier.citationK O Fening, E E Forchibe, F O Wamonje, I Adama, K Afreh-Nuamah, J P Carr, First Report and Distribution of the Indian Mustard Aphid, Lipaphis erysimi pseudobrassicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var capitata) in Ghana, Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 113, Issue 3, June 2020, Pages 1363–1372, https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toaa057en_US
dc.identifier.otherdoi: 10.1093/jee/toaa057
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/35591
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherHorticultural Entomologyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries113;3
dc.subjectst reporten_US
dc.subjectidentificationen_US
dc.subjectaphidsen_US
dc.subjectVirusen_US
dc.subjectcabbageen_US
dc.titleFirst Report and Distribution of the Indian Mustard Aphid, Lipaphis erysimi pseudobrassicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var capitata) in Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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