Calabuig Gomar, Altea; García Mari, Ferran; Pekas, Apostolos(Elsevier Masson, 2015-12-25)
[EN] Although ants act as plant biotic defences, in agricultural ecosystems they are often associated with outbreaks of honeydew-producing pests mainly due to the protection they offer to the plant feeders in exchange for ...
Calabuig Gomar, Altea(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-07-24)
[EN] Ants constitute an important component of the citrus agroecosystem fauna acting simultaneously as predators and as hemipteran mutualists. Thus, ants in citrus are in the center of a complex food web affecting the ...
Suay Sanchez, Salvador(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-01-09)
[EN]
Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) is one of the most important citrus pest in the Mediterranean area. Parasitoids of genus Aphytis (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) are its main natural enemies and ...
Plata Sánchez, Ángel(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2024-10-10)
[ES] Los pseudocóccidos (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), comúnmente conocidos como cochinillas harinosas, son insectos hemípteros chupadores de savia que se alimentan del floema de las plantas. Estos insectos están entre las ...
[EN] Phenaccocus peruvianus Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: pseudococcidae) is an invasive mealybug that has become a pest of ornamental plants in Europe and has recently been detected in California, USA. In this work, we ...
Grau Sanchis, Berta(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-05-25)
[EN] Ants are an important element of citrus agroecosystem, which act simultaneously as predators of insects and as mutual Hemiptera. As a result, the ants are at the center of a complex food web where they can affect the ...