Domínguez Ruiz, Javier; Sanchis Cabanes, Juan; Navarro-Llopis, Vicente; Primo Millo, Jaime(Oxford University Press, 2008)
[EN] New agricultural techniques are attempting to reduce the application of synthesized pesticides and replace them with new environmentally friendly methods such as mass trapping, mating disruption, or chemosterilization ...
Vacas González, Sandra; Primo Millo, Jaime; Navarro-Llopis, Vicente(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2013-08)
[EN] Given the social importance related to the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), efforts are being made to develop new control methods, such as the deployment of trapping ...
[EN] Mating disruption (MD) is widely used against the European grapevine moth (EGVM), Lobesia botrana (Denis and Schiffermuller; Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), by installing passive dispensers or aerosol devices. The present ...
Navarro-Llopis, Vicente; Primo Millo, Jaime; Vacas González, Sandra(Wiley, 2015-07)
BACKGROUNDThe use of traps and other attract-and-kill devices in pest management strategies to reduce Mediterranean fruit fly populations has proved to be efficient. Nevertheless, many farmers are concerned about the effect ...
Navarro-Llopis, Vicente; Vacas González, Sandra; Sanchis Cabanes, Juan; Primo Millo, Jaime; Alfaro Cañamás, Cristina(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2011-10)
During 2008 and 2009, the efficacy of the combination of two Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae), control techniques, sterile insect technique (SIT) and a chemosterilant bait ...
Navarro Llopis, Vicente; Sanchis Cabanes, Juan; Primo Millo, Jaime; Primo Yufera, Eduardo(Cambridge University Press, 2007)
[EN] Lufenuron is a chitin synthesis inhibitor, which is able to impede Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), reproduction. In laboratory trials, following ingestion of lufenuron, the eggs laid by female ...
Garín Tolón, Irati(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-09-22)
[ES] Las feromonas son sustancias que utilizan algunas especies de insectos para comunicarse y que se puede utilizar para desarrollar métodos de control de plagas. Entre los métodos directos de control destaca la confusión ...
Navarro-Llopis, Vicente; López, Borja; Primo Millo, Jaime; Martín-Santafé, María; Vacas, Sandra(Oxford University Press, 2021-04)
[EN] The monoculture situation of truffle cultivation is favoring the appearance of pests that would not be economically important in naturally balanced forest ecosystems. The most prominent of them is the European truffle ...
Resistance to malathion has been reported in field populations of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae), in areas of Spain where an intensive use of this insecticide was maintained ...
Gavara Vidal, Aitor(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-04-07)
[ES] La confusión sexual es el método de control de plagas basado en semioquímicos que ofrece los mejores resultados y tiene mayor aceptación en el mercado. Este método se basa en la liberación al ambiente de la feromona ...
The rejection of citrus fruit caused by infestations of the California red scale (CRS), Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), raises concerns about its management. This fact has led to the introduction ...
[EN] BACKGROUNDA new Beauveria bassiana-based attract and infect device (AID) to control Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) was developed. The virulence and persistence of the fungal formulation ...
Bait stations are widely used to control Ceratitis capitata, even though the effect of intrusion from untreated areas decreases the efficacy of the technique. In this work, the edge effect of outer fruit fly populations ...
Since the discovery of Lobesia botrana Denis & Schiffermüller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) sex pheromone, it has played an important role in the control and detection of this pest, for example, through the use of pheromone-baited ...
Pekas, Apostolos; Navarro-Llopis, Vicente; García Mari, Ferran; Primo Millo, Jaime; Vacas González, Sandra(Elsevier, 2015-11)
[EN] Mating disruption has proved successful against California red scale (CRS), Aonidiella aurantii Maskell (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in Mediterranean citrus. Although mating disruption does not affect negatively the ...
Navarro-Llopis, Vicente; Primo Millo, Jaime; Vacas González, Sandra(Wiley, 2013-04)
BACKGROUND: The control of Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann traditionally has relied on chemical control with organophosphate
insecticides. The use of many of these substances has been banned by new European directives; ...
[EN] Two field trials in citrus orchards in Turis (Valencia, Spain) and Denia (Alicante, Spain) were performed in order to test the sterilant effect of the insect growth regulator lufenuron against wild medfly Ceratitis ...
[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 ...
Navarro-Llopis, Vicente; ALFARO, F.; Domínguez Ruiz, Javier; Sanchis Cabanes, Juan; Primo Millo, Jaime(Oxford University Press, 2008)
[EN] Mass trapping has proven to be a powerful weapon in the control of Ceratitis capitata
(Wiedemann), and its application in Mediterranean countries has currently increased notably as a
control method. In this study, the ...