Correction to: Demography and population projection of Myzus persicae (Sulz.) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on five pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) cultivars (Phytoparasitica, (2018), 46, 2, (153-167), 10.1007/s12600-018-0651-0)

Following publication of the above article (https://doi. org/10.1007/s12600-018-0651-0) Phytoparasitica (First Online: 20 February 2018), the following errors were found: – Page 4: Right column, the fourth line beneath Eq. (12): “Eq. 3 can be written as” should be corrected to “Eq. 5 can be written as”. – Page 4: Left column, the second line beneath Eq. (13): “Eq. 11 can be simplified to” should be corrected to “Eq. 13 can be simplified to”. – Page 4: Left column, the third line beneath Eq. (14): The term (Formula presented.). Page 8: Right column, the last paragraph: There are five “intrinsic rate”. They should be corrected to “finite rate”. Page 8: Right column, the sixth line in last paragraph: “ascendin” should be corrected to “ascending”. The ninth line: “normal” should be corrected to “frequency”. Page 9: First line: “Fig. 3” should be corrected to “Fig. 4”. – Page 9: Left column, the sixth line in the last paragraph: “Fig. 3” should be corrected to “Fig. 4”. – Page 10: In the figure caption: “Fig. 4” should be corrected to “Fig. 5”. – Page 11: First line: “Fig. 5” should be corrected to “Fig. 6”. Page 12: First line: “Fig. 6. The total population size of Myzus persicae on different pepper cultivars.” should be corrected to “Fig. 3. Top figure: The 200,000 finite rates ordered according to original bootstrap order (x-axis). The 200,000 finite rates fluctuated randomly around the mean. Middle figure: The 200,000 finite rates sorted in ascending order. Bottom figure: The 200,000 finite rates shown as a frequency distribution. The 0.025 and 0.975 percentiles of finite rates can be obtained from the middle or bottom figures.” The authors wish to apologize for the errors within this article. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature

Demography and population projection of Myzus persicae (Sulz.) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on five pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) cultivars

The green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), is a major pest of pepper. In this study, we collected data on the development, survival, fecundity, and proportion of apterous and alate forms of green peach aphid reared on five commercial pepper cultivars (Amiral, Erciyes, Mert, Mertcan, and Naz) at 25 ± 1°C, 60 ± 5% RH, and a photoperiod of 16:8 (L:D) h. We analyzed the life history raw data by using the age-stage, two-sex life table. The shortest development time (6.66 days) and highest fecundity (62.68 individuals) occurred on the Erciyes cultivar. The highest intrinsic rate of increase (r = 0.332 d-1), finite rate of increase (? = 1.394 d-1), net reproductive rate (R0 = 62.7 offspring) and shortest mean generation time (T = 12.45 d) also occurred on the Erciyes cultivar; while the lower fitness occurred on the Amiral, Mertcan and Naz cultivars. Our results compared differences in the population growth rate of M. persicae on different pepper cultivars. This information will be useful to individuals working in pest management programs particularly those involving M. persicae. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature