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Pests

Apple Aphids

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh.

A complex of pests belonging to the Aphididae family that damage apple tree organs and facilitate the transmission of viruses. The primary species include green apple aphid, rosy apple aphid, and woolly apple aphid, which differ in the nature of tissue damage.

In the reference 85 varieties crop Apple, where this is mentioned in the description.

The green apple aphid colonizes young shoots and the undersides of leaves, causing them to curl and stunting growth, while honeydew promotes the development of sooty mold. The rosy apple aphid forms characteristic red or yellowish swellings, known as galls, on the leaves.

The woolly apple aphid infests the bark and roots, leaving a white waxy residue and inducing the formation of galls through which secondary infections penetrate. The apple-grass aphid also occurs, having a life cycle that alternates between apple trees and cereal crops.

There is intraspecific differentiation of aphids into biotypes capable of infesting specific apple genotypes. Resistance to the woolly apple aphid is linked to the presence of specific genes, for instance, the Er gene in the Northern Spy cultivar; however, standardized genetic markers for aphid resistance are used less frequently in breeding than those for fungal diseases.

General information about the subject — on the page Aphids.

Sources8

Varieties of Apple mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

Ariane

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

YVES LESPINASSE

FR NL UA
18 records

Xeleven

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

Red Moon, I

FR UA
14 records

M 9

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

LT NL RO SK
10 records

Inogo

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, France

FR UA
11 records

M 26

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

LT NL RO
6 records

Retina

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

Prof. Dr. Manfred Fischer / Heinz Murawski + im Institut für Obstforschung Dresden-Pillnitz / Prof. Dr. Christa Fischer

DE HU NL UA
9 records

M 7

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

NL
8 records

Canopy

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

IFO SARL (FR)

FR
5 records

MM_106

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

LT NL
6 records

Coop 38

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

Purdue Research Foundation (US)

FR NL
9 records

MM 111

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

NL
6 records

RAXINA 8

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

INIA/SERIDA

ES
2 records

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

SERIDA

ES
4 records

Makali

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

NL
6 records

Skilig

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

Research Institute of Pomology & Floriculture (PL)

FR NL
5 records

X9589

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

Jean-Luc Carrieres

FR
5 records

Verline

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE, FR

FR
5 records

M 106

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

RO
3 records

M 27

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

NL
4 records

Lespin

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (INRAE)

FR
7 records

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

Antonio Bergamini

4 records

P 22

Protection expired

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

Research Institute of Pomology & Floriculture (PL)

FR LT
2 records

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

Groupe des Ressources Phytogenetiques d'Aquitaine (FR)

FR
2 records