Abstract
Abstract The goal of this research was to describe within-plant distribution for Acyrthosiphon kondoi Shinji and Kondo on alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.). Alfalfa entries used in this study were from breeding lines selected for moderate and high levels of resistance to A. kondoi and from the susceptible cultivar ‘OK08’. From each of the three entries, three stems on each of 12 established alfalfa plants grown in pots were infested with aphids when stems had four to five nodes. At 2-d intervals through 10 d after infestation, stem heights, numbers of nodes per stem, and numbers of trifoliolates per node (as axillary branching occurred) were recorded. Also recorded for each node were numbers of A. kondoi on leaf blades, petioles, and the internodal stem section below the node. Aphid counts were analyzed to determine significant differences among alfalfa entries and among plant parts (leaf blades, petioles, and stem sections) within entries. Plant profiles were prepared to show within-plant distributions. Regre...
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