Comments on: Aphids, apples and evolution http://agro.biodiver.se/2009/04/aphids-apples-and-evolution/ Crops, animals, wild relatives ... Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:45:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeremy http://agro.biodiver.se/2009/04/aphids-apples-and-evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-756313 Jeremy Mon, 04 May 2009 13:46:23 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/?p=5958#comment-756313 <a href='#comment-756311' rel="nofollow">@Bob O'H</a> - I can't be certain (it isn't my work, after all) but I would think that the fruits have largely fallen by the time the leaves turn colour. @Bob O’H – I can’t be certain (it isn’t my work, after all) but I would think that the fruits have largely fallen by the time the leaves turn colour.

]]> By: Bob O'H http://agro.biodiver.se/2009/04/aphids-apples-and-evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-756311 Bob O'H Mon, 04 May 2009 13:27:01 +0000 http://agro.biodiver.se/?p=5958#comment-756311 "The final points are that red-leaved cultivars have smaller fruits than green- and yellow-leaved types." Given this, how do we know aphids aren't preferentially selecting trees with bigger apples? That could be a good cue for vigour. “The final points are that red-leaved cultivars have smaller fruits than green- and yellow-leaved types.”

Given this, how do we know aphids aren’t preferentially selecting trees with bigger apples? That could be a good cue for vigour.

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