Rhopalosiphum padi

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People with a declared interest in Rhopalosiphum padi
James Carolan National Univerity of Ireland Maynooth
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Transcriptome datasets for Rhopalosiphum padi
Species Description No. sequences Last update
Rhopalosiphum padi GenBank EST division (dbEST) 458458 2455686.55 May 2011

i5K Comments for Rhopalosiphum padi
Wordwide in distribution. Most ubiquitous cereal aphid pest aphid in the world. Vectors Barley yellow dwarf virus. Causes direct damage to plant and grain yield reduction. Wide secondary host range.

Holocylcic and anholocyclic phenotypes are known and have been studies.


Primary and secondary hosts are Prunus (cherry) and grasses. Host alternation makes it unique from Schizaphis graminum.

Easily collected and reared. Can be sexaully bred in lab.

Extensive literature available.

Cereal pest.
ISIGC
Kevin A. Shufran


Rhopalosiphum padi
Bird cherry-oat aphid


Taxonomic classification
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Aphididae
Genus: Rhopalosiphum
NCBI taxid: 485px-US-NLM-NCBI-Logo.png 40932
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