University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 1-1-1988 Management strategies of aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) as vectors of pepper viruses in western Massachusetts. Dario Corredor University of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1 Recommended Citation Corredor, Dario, "Management strategies of aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) as vectors of pepper viruses in western Massachusetts." (1988). Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014. 5636. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1/5636 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES OF APHIDS (HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE) AS VECTORS OF PEPPER VIRUSES IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS A Dissertation Presented by Dario Corredor Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY May 1988 Entomology c Copyright by Dario Corredor 1988 All Rights Reserved MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES OF APHIDS (HOMOPTERA: APHIDIDAE) AS VECTORS OF PEPPER VIRUSES IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS A Dissertation Presented by Dario Corredor David N. Ferro, Chairman of Committee To Consuelo, Paula and Anamaria whose love and support helped me through all these years. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT S I thank my friend and major advisor David N. Ferro for his advice, support and patience while I was a graduate student. I also want to thank Drs. Ronald J. Prokopy and George N. Agrios for their advice in designing the experiments and for reviewing the dissertation.