Pollen Quality Affects Biological Control of Tetranychus urticae in Clementine Mandarines

Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) populations in citrus can be regulated through the management of the cover crop. A mono-specific cover of the grass Festuca arundinacea Schreber (Poaceae) enhanced the diversity and abundance of Phytoseiidae mites compared with a multifloral cover. Thi...

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Autores principales: Pina, Tatiana, Sa Argolo, Poliane, Urbaneja, Alberto, Jaques, Josep A.
Otros Autores: Sabater-Munoz, Beatriz
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/4367
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author Pina, Tatiana
Sa Argolo, Poliane
Urbaneja, Alberto
Jaques, Josep A.
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Sa Argolo, Poliane
Sabater-Munoz, Beatriz
Urbaneja, Alberto
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description Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) populations in citrus can be regulated through the management of the cover crop. A mono-specific cover of the grass Festuca arundinacea Schreber (Poaceae) enhanced the diversity and abundance of Phytoseiidae mites compared with a multifloral cover. This increase resulted in a better control of T. urticae. Pollen availability and quality could be behind this result. Whereas multifloral cover offers a long-term source of a wide variety of pollen, F. arundinacea offers one single type of pollen in spring only. As a consequence, the generalist pollen feeder Euseius stipulatus (Athias-Henriot), which is a superior intra-guild predator, is highly favored in multifloral covers. Therefore, poor quality pollen may prevent pollen feeders from reaching high numbers and indirectly benefit T. urticae control by specialist phytoseiids.
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spelling ReDivia43672025-04-25T14:53:18Z Pollen Quality Affects Biological Control of Tetranychus urticae in Clementine Mandarines Acta Horticulturae Pina, Tatiana Sa Argolo, Poliane Urbaneja, Alberto Jaques, Josep A. Sabater-Munoz, Beatriz Moreno, Pedro Pena, Leandro Navarro, Luis Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) populations in citrus can be regulated through the management of the cover crop. A mono-specific cover of the grass Festuca arundinacea Schreber (Poaceae) enhanced the diversity and abundance of Phytoseiidae mites compared with a multifloral cover. This increase resulted in a better control of T. urticae. Pollen availability and quality could be behind this result. Whereas multifloral cover offers a long-term source of a wide variety of pollen, F. arundinacea offers one single type of pollen in spring only. As a consequence, the generalist pollen feeder Euseius stipulatus (Athias-Henriot), which is a superior intra-guild predator, is highly favored in multifloral covers. Therefore, poor quality pollen may prevent pollen feeders from reaching high numbers and indirectly benefit T. urticae control by specialist phytoseiids. 2017-06-01T10:09:57Z 2017-06-01T10:09:57Z 2015 2015 conferenceObject Pina, Tatiana, Sa Argolo, Poliane, Urbaneja, A., Jacas, J.A. (2015). Pollen Quality Affects Biological Control of Tetranychus urticae in Clementine Mandarines. Acta Horticulturae, 1065, 1133-1136. 0567-7572; 978-94-62610-53-8 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/4367 10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1065.143 en openAccess Impreso
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Pollen Quality Affects Biological Control of Tetranychus urticae in Clementine Mandarines
title Pollen Quality Affects Biological Control of Tetranychus urticae in Clementine Mandarines
title_full Pollen Quality Affects Biological Control of Tetranychus urticae in Clementine Mandarines
title_fullStr Pollen Quality Affects Biological Control of Tetranychus urticae in Clementine Mandarines
title_full_unstemmed Pollen Quality Affects Biological Control of Tetranychus urticae in Clementine Mandarines
title_short Pollen Quality Affects Biological Control of Tetranychus urticae in Clementine Mandarines
title_sort pollen quality affects biological control of tetranychus urticae in clementine mandarines
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/4367
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