Definition of Greenbug

1. a green aphid [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Greenbug

greenbackers
greenbackism
greenbackisms
greenbacks
greenbelt
greenbelts
greenbodies
greenbody
greenbone
greenbones
greenbottle
greenbottle fly
greenbottles
greenbrier
greenbriers
greenbug (current term)
greenbugs
greened
greener
greener pastures
greeneries
greeners
greenery
greenest
greeneye
greenfeed
greenfeeds
greenfields
greenfinch
greenfinches

Literary usage of Greenbug

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. IPM and Biological Control of Plant Pests: Field Crops: Bibliography January by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"greenbug prédation and dislodgment rates for adults and nymphs were recorded ... greenbug nymphs were consumed at 4 and 13 times the rate of adults in ..."

2. Transposable Elements in Plants: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and Bibliography by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"OB: Diversify greenbug resistance utilizing moderately resistant germplasm ... AP: Form population of moderately greenbug-resistant germplasm through cyclic ..."

3. Molecular Markers in Plant Genome Analysis: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"OB: Identify/characterize genotypes in cultivated and related wheat/barley species resistant to RWA and greenbug; characterize biochemical and physiological ..."

4. Biological Control of Insects and Mites: An Introduction to Beneficial by Daniel L. Mahr, Nino M. Ridgway (1993)
"... a braconid wasp, parasitizing a greenbug aphid. Figure 52. The hollow remains, or mummy, of a pea aphid parasitized by the braconid wasp Aphidius smith/ ..."

5. Pacific Northwest Agricultural Insect & Plant Disease Study Manual by Hugh W. Homan, Russell W. Clausen (1998)
"... bird cherry-oat aphid, greenbug, corn leaf aphid, and the English grain aphid. (All of the aphid species are important but whichever species is damaging ..."

6. Appropriate Oversight for Plants with Inherited Traits for Resistance to Pests by Calvin O. Qualset (1998)
"Interaction between plant resistance and parasitism against greenbug on barley and sorghum. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 65:650-655. Staskawicz BJ. ..."

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