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Ants in citrus: impact on the abundance, species richness, diversity and community structure of predators and parasitoids

Calabuig Gomar, Altea; García Mari, Ferran; Pekas, Apostolos (Elsevier Masson, 2015-12-25)

[EN] Although ants act as plant biotic defences, in agricultural ecosystems they are often associated with outbreaks of honeydew-producing pests mainly due to the protection they offer to the plant feeders in exchange for ...
Ants, pests and natural enemies in Mediterranean citrus. Ecological interactions and practical implications for biological control

Calabuig Gomar, Altea (Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-07-24)

[EN] Ants constitute an important component of the citrus agroecosystem fauna acting simultaneously as predators and as hemipteran mutualists. Thus, ants in citrus are in the center of a complex food web affecting the ...
Efecto de hormigas y arañas en la actividad de Aphytis spp. (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), parasitoides del piojo rojo de California Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) en cítricos

Suay Sanchez, Salvador (Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-01-09)

[EN] Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) is one of the most important citrus pest in the Mediterranean area. Parasitoids of genus Aphytis (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) are its main natural enemies and ...
How a slow-ovipositing parasitoid can succed as a biological control agent of the invasive mealybug Phenacoccus peruvianus: implications for future classical and conservation biological control programs

Beltrà Ivars, Aleixandre; Soto Sánchez, Antonia Isabel; Tena Barreda, Alejandro (Springer-Verlag, 2015)

[EN] Phenaccocus peruvianus Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: pseudococcidae) is an invasive mealybug that has become a pest of ornamental plants in Europe and has recently been detected in California, USA. In this work, we ...
Influencia tres especies de hormigas en la proliferación y el parasitismo de plagas en el cultivo de los cítricos

Grau Sanchis, Berta (Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-05-25)

[EN] Ants are an important element of citrus agroecosystem, which act simultaneously as predators of insects and as mutual Hemiptera. As a result, the ants are at the center of a complex food web where they can affect the ...