[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. ...
[EN] BACKGROUNDThe vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus (Signoret) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is a key pest of grapevine in the Mediterranean Basin. Some honeydew collecting ant species are known to increase mealybug populations ...
[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 ...
During a study on thrips species carried out in Tunisia during 2009 and 2010, Retithrips syriacus was encountered in two different sites and on two host plants: grapevine (Vitis vinifera) and persimmon (Dyospiros kaki). ...
During an inventory study of thrips species carried out in the central-eastern coastal region of Tunisia in 2010 and 2011, Bregmatothrips dimorphus (Priesner, 1919) (Thysanoptera; Thripidae) was found on two host plants; ...
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 ...
Navarro Campos, Cristina(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2013-04-11)
Pezothrips kellyanus es una nueva plaga en el cultivo de cítricos desde que a finales del siglo XX se obervaron los primeros futoos dañados por esta especie en parcelas de Nueva Zelanda y Australia. Actualmente se considera ...
[EN] Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) are amongst the most abundant and important predators in citrus. They
range from specialist species feeding exclusively on spider mites to generalist species that can feed and ...
Martinez-Ferrer, M. T.; Navarro Campos, Cristina; Campos Rivela, José Miguel; Marzal Moreno, Carmen; Fibla, J. M.; Bargues Desolmes, Laura; García Mari, Ferran(Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria, 2010)
[EN] Seasonal and annual trends in Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) populations were analyzed to
determine the factors that influence population fluctuations in the field. Adult flies were monitored ...
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 ...
Navarro Campos, Cristina; Martínez Ferrer, María Teresa; Campos, J.M.; Fibla, J. M.; Alcaide, J.; Bargues Desolmes, Laura; Marzal Moreno, Carmen; García Mari, Ferran(Entomological Society of America, 2011-08)
The adult body size of the Mediterranean fruit ßy, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann)
(Diptera: Tephritidae), varies in natural conditions. Body size is an important Þtness indicator in the
Mediterranean fruit ßy;largerindividuals ...