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Descriptor English: Aphids
Descriptor Spanish: Áfidos
Descriptor áfidos
Entry term(s) Aphididae
Myzus
Schizaphis
pulgones
Scope note: Familia de insectos pequeños (Aphididae), del suborden Sternorrhyncha, que chupan los jugos de las plantas. Los géneros importantes comprenden Schizaphis y Myzus. Se sabe que éste transmite entre las plantas más de 100 enfermedades víricas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Afídeos
Descriptor French: Aphides
Entry term(s): Aphid
Aphididae
Lice, Plant
Lices, Plant
Louse, Plant
Louses, Plant
Myzus
Plant Lice
Plant Lices
Plant Louse
Plant Louses
Schizaphi
Schizaphis
Tree number(s): B01.050.500.131.617.412.165
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001042
Scope note: A family (Aphididae) of small insects, in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, that suck the juices of plants. Important genera include Schizaphis and Myzus. The latter is known to carry more than 100 virus diseases between plants.
Annotation: do not use /drug eff for insecticides: TN 111
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Insects (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72
DeCS ID: 1049
Unique ID: D001042
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Aphids - Preferred
Concept UI M0001579
Scope note A family (Aphididae) of small insects, in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, that suck the juices of plants. Important genera include Schizaphis and Myzus. The latter is known to carry more than 100 virus diseases between plants.
Preferred term Aphids
Entry term(s) Aphid
Aphididae
Lice, Plant
Lices, Plant
Louse, Plant
Louses, Plant
Plant Lice
Plant Lices
Plant Louse
Plant Louses
Myzus - Narrower
Concept UI M0001580
Preferred term Myzus
Schizaphis - Narrower
Concept UI M0001581
Preferred term Schizaphis
Entry term(s) Schizaphi



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