Martí-Campoy, Antonio; Ávalos Masó, Juan Antonio; Soto Sánchez, Antonia Isabel; Rodríguez-Ballester, Francisco; Martínez-Blay, Victoria; Perez Malumbres, Manuel Jose(MDPI, 2016-04)
Several insect species pose a serious threat to different plant species, sometimes becoming a pest that produces significant damage to the landscape, biodiversity, and/or the economy. This is the case of Rhynchophorus ...
Ávalos Masó, Juan Antonio(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-01-07)
[EN] The management of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae), the worst threat for palm trees worldwide, consists in several preventive and curative techniques, but because of its low efficacy the insect ...
Ávalos Masó, Juan Antonio; Balasch Parisi, Sebastià; Soto Sánchez, Antonia Isabel(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2016-09)
[EN] The flight ability and patterns of an insect influence its spread, and the study of its behaviour can be used to improve the strategies to control the pest. Regarding Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: ...
Beltrà Ivars, Aleixandre; Addison, Pia; Ávalos Masó, Juan Antonio; Crochard, Didier; García Mari, Ferran; Guerrieri, Emilio; Giliomee, Jan H.; Malausa, Thibaut; Navarro Campos, Cristina; Palero, Ferran; Soto Sánchez, Antonia Isabel(Public Library of Science, 2015-06-05)
[EN] Delottococcus aberiae De Lotto (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is a mealybug of Southern African origin that has recently been introduced into Eastern Spain. It causes severe distortions on young citrus fruits and represents ...
Ávalos Masó, Juan Antonio; Soto Sánchez, Antonia Isabel(Università di Bologna, Department of Agricultural Sciences, 2015-06)
[EN] Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) is at present considered the biggest threat to palm trees worldwide. Due to the current trend towards the use of environmentally-friendly control measures, ...
Ávalos Masó, Juan Antonio; Martí Campoy, Antonio; Soto Tornero, Mª Teresa(Cambridge University Press, 2014-08)
The red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera:
Dryophthoridae), native to tropical Asian regions, has become a serious threat
to palm trees all over the world. Knowledge of its flight potential is ...