Planes Insa, Laura(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-08-10)
[EN] Pezothrips kellyanus (Bagnall) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is a new citrus pest in the Mediterranean basin. Nymphs of P. kellyanus refuge and feed on the surface of young fruitlets. This feeding habit causes rings of ...
[EN] The ability of zoophytophagous predators to produce defensive plant responses due to their phytophagous behavior has been recently demonstrated. In the case of tomatoes, the mirids Nesidiocoris tenuis and Macrolophus ...
[EN] When zoophytophagous mirids (Hemiptera: Miridae) feed on tomato plants they activate both direct and indirect defense mechanisms, which include the release of herbivore induced plant volatiles (HIPVs). HIPVs are capable ...
Hamza, Rim; Pérez-Hedo, Meritxell; Urbaneja, Alberto; Rambla Nebot, Jose Luis; GRANELL RICHART, ANTONIO; Gaddour, Kamel; BELTRAN PORTER, JOSE PIO; Cañas Clemente, Luís Antonio(Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.), 2018-01-25)
[EN] Background: For as long as 350 million years, plants and insects have coexisted and developed a set of relationships which affect both organisms at different levels. Plants have evolved various morphological and ...
Sá Argolo, Poliane(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2012-11-13)
La araña roja, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) es una de las plagas más perjudiciales que afectan los huertos de clementinos en España. En los clementinos, T. urticae habita en el envés de las hojas, donde ...
Gómez Marco, Francesc(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-07-27)
[EN] Aphis spiraecola Patch. (Hemiptera: Aphididae) is a key pest of clementines. Biological control of A. spiraecola is still poorly known and efforts were based on the use and conservation of parasitoids but it did not ...
Vacas González, Sandra; Vanaclocha, Pilar; Alfaro Cañamás, Cristina; Primo Millo, Jaime; Verdú, M.; Urbaneja García, Alberto; Navarro-Llopis, Vicente(Wiley, 2012-01)
Background: New directives on sustainable use of pesticides have encouraged research on efficient alternative pest control methods. In the case of the California red scale (CRS), Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell), this imperative, ...
This book contains a summary of oral communications and posters presented in the 8th International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance all together with 35 extensive papers, the final Scientific program, poster ...
Bouvet, Juan Pedro Raúl(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-01-28)
[ES] Dentro de los enemigos naturales de plagas en los agroecosistemas, los depredadores han sido considerados como uno de los grupos de mayor
importancia. Sin embargo, su compleja biología y comportamiento ha obstaculizado ...
[EN] Plant essential oils (PEOs) are being studied as a potential alternative to synthetic pesticides in agriculture. PEOs have the potential to control pests both directly, by being toxic or repellent to pests, and ...
[EN] Amblyseius swirskii is a predatory mite widely used for the control of very important pest species, such as whiteflies and thrips, in organic farming and conventional agriculture. However, this species cannot establish ...