Magdalena Lubiarz
ISBN: 978-83-8061-217-4
Pages: 258
Format: B5
Year: 2016
Language: Polish


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

1. A literature review
1.1. Characteristics of the studied rose species
1.2. The influence of urban conditions on plants and arthropods
1.2.1. Plants in the urban landscape
1.2.2. Arthropods and the urban landscape
1.3. Factors determining the choice of a host plant by aphids
1.4. Aphid feeding on plant tissues and its recording using the EPG technique

2. Material and methods
2.1. Studies on arthropods occurring on roses
2.2. Methods of chemical analysis
2.3. The methodology of investigating aphid feeding using the EPG technique
2.4. Statistical comparative analyses and applied indicators

3. Characteristics of the studied area
3.1. Description of localities
3.2. Weather conditions in studied areas in consecutive years of the study
3.3. Air pollution in Lublin and Warsaw agglomerations

4. Results and discussion
4.1. Results of chemical analyses
4.1.1. Nitrogen, protein, amino acid and phenol contents in the leaves of the dog rose and rugosa rose cultivated under controlled conditions
4.1.2. Chlorine, phosphorus, potassium and magnesium contents, as well as soil pH in respective localities
4.1.3. The contents of selected chemical elements in the leaves of studied roses and dry and fresh leaf matter
4.2. The dog rose and rugosa rose as arthropod host plants under urban conditions
4.2.1. Species composition and abundance of arthropods collected from the dog rose and rugosa rose
4.2.2. The analysis of percentage shares of the collected arthropods
4.2.3. Abundance dynamics of aphids on the dog rose and rugosa rose
4.2.4. Dominance structure and species diversity of aphid communities on the studied roses
4.2.5. Studies on aphid life cycles on the monitored rose bushes
4.2.5.1. Number of eggs laid by aphids on the roses
4.2.5.2. Survival of aphid eggs on the rugosa rose
4.2.5.3. Studies on the bionomy of selected aphid species
4.2.6. Electrical Penetration Graph (EPG) for Macrosiphum rosae on the dog rose and rugosa rose

Summary of results and conclusions

Bibliography

List of tables, figures and photographs

Summary