[EN] Pezothrips kellyanus (Bagnall) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) has recently emerged as an international pest of citrus. It causes severe scarring of the fruit surface and commercial downgrading of fresh fruit production. ...
Pekas, Apostolos; Tena Barreda, Alejandro; Aguilar Martí, Mª Amparo; García Mari, Ferran(Oxford University Press, 2010)
[EN] We conducted an ant-exclusion experiment in a citrus orchard to evaluate the overall
impact of three ant species native in the Mediterranean, Pheidole pallidula (Nylander), Plagiolepis
schmitzii Forel, and Lasius ...
[EN] Kelly s citrus thrips (KCT) Pezothrips kellyanus
(Bagnall) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is a recently recorded
cosmopolitan citrus pest, causing fruit scarring that results in
downgrading of fruit. Due to the ...
Pekas, Apostolos; Aguilar Martí, Mª Amparo; Tena Barreda, Alejandro; García Mari, Ferran(Elsevier, 2010-11)
The ectoparasitoids Aphytis chrysomphali Mercet and A. melinus DeBach (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) are the principal natural enemies of California red scale (CRS) Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell) (Hemiptera: Dias-pididae) in ...
Free-living predatory mites (Acari) is one of the most abundant and species-rich group of arthropods in the soil, with a great potential for pest control. In the present study we examined the predatory mite fauna in the ...
Pekas, Apostolos; Tena Barreda, Alejandro; Aguilar Martí, Mª Amparo; García Mari, Ferran(Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)
1 The role of ants in the citrus agro-ecosystem is controversial and understanding
their ecology may help to clarify their function. The present study determined the
daily and seasonal foraging patterns, the spatial ...