Degree of Resistance Among Pear Species to the Woolly Pear Aphid, Eriosoma pyricola1

Abstract
Roots of most of the primitive Pynus species were infested with pear root aphid Eriosoma pyricola Bak. and David., and increase or decrease in number noted 30 days later. Although seedling populations varied somewhat, P. amygdaliformis, P. elaeagrifolia, P. syriaca, P. betulaefolia, P. calleryana, P. koehnei, P. ussuriensis, and P. nivalis can be considered resistant. P. communis, P. cordata, P. gharbiana, P. pashia, P. Fauriei, and P. pyrifolia were either susceptible or very variable in resistance. Only P. bucharica, P. dimorphophylla, and P. mamorensis had no resistant seedlings in the lots tested. Interspecific hybrid populations were predictable though variable in resistance.

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