Field parasitoids of Aonidiella aurantii (Homoptera: Diaspididae) in Valencia (Spain)
California red scale, Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell) is considered a citrus key pest in Spain, Nowadays red scale is controlled using non-selective organophosphate pesticides. Fortunately, there is a trend throughout the world to minimise the use of insecticides in citrus and to promote the control o...
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| author | Pina, Tatiana Martínez, Beatriz Verdú, María J. |
| author2 | García-Marí, Ferran |
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| description | California red scale, Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell) is considered a citrus key pest in Spain, Nowadays red scale is controlled using non-selective organophosphate pesticides. Fortunately, there is a trend throughout the world to minimise the use of insecticides in citrus and to promote the control of pests by the use of natural enemies. The first step previous to natural enemies releases is to know field parasitoid structure and to study parasitoids interaction. A survey was carried out in a citrus field in Valencia (East coast of Spain). As a result, two parasitoids were found: Aphytis chrysomphali and Aphytis melinus. A. chrysomphali was the predominant species. A. melinus was mainly found on third instar female scales and A. chrysomphali on malescales. The sex ratio was 1:1 for A. melinus and it was dependent on the host size. Only females of A. chrysomphali were found. |
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| spelling | ReDivia77722025-04-25T14:53:12Z Field parasitoids of Aonidiella aurantii (Homoptera: Diaspididae) in Valencia (Spain) Pina, Tatiana Martínez, Beatriz Verdú, María J. García-Marí, Ferran Parasitoids structure Host stage Host size Parasitoid sex ratio H10 Pests of plants Aonidiella aurantii Aphytis melinus Parasitoids Citrus California red scale, Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell) is considered a citrus key pest in Spain, Nowadays red scale is controlled using non-selective organophosphate pesticides. Fortunately, there is a trend throughout the world to minimise the use of insecticides in citrus and to promote the control of pests by the use of natural enemies. The first step previous to natural enemies releases is to know field parasitoid structure and to study parasitoids interaction. A survey was carried out in a citrus field in Valencia (East coast of Spain). As a result, two parasitoids were found: Aphytis chrysomphali and Aphytis melinus. A. chrysomphali was the predominant species. A. melinus was mainly found on third instar female scales and A. chrysomphali on malescales. The sex ratio was 1:1 for A. melinus and it was dependent on the host size. Only females of A. chrysomphali were found. 2021-11-23T14:56:02Z 2021-11-23T14:56:02Z 2003 conferenceObject Pina, T., Martínez, B. & Verdú, M. J. (2003). Field parasitoids of Aonidiella aurantii (Homoptera: Diaspididae) in Valencia (Spain). IOBC wprs Bulletin, 26(6), 109-116. 92-9067-154-6 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7772 https://www.iobc-wprs.org/pub/bulletins/iobc-wprs_bulletin_2003_26_06.pdf#page=128 en 2002-11-06 International Conference on Integrated Control in Citrus Fruit Crops Valencia, España This work was supported by an INIA grant, project nº 98-058. Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ openAccess IOBC/WPRS electronico |
| spellingShingle | Parasitoids structure Host stage Host size Parasitoid sex ratio H10 Pests of plants Aonidiella aurantii Aphytis melinus Parasitoids Citrus Pina, Tatiana Martínez, Beatriz Verdú, María J. Field parasitoids of Aonidiella aurantii (Homoptera: Diaspididae) in Valencia (Spain) |
| title | Field parasitoids of Aonidiella aurantii (Homoptera: Diaspididae) in Valencia (Spain) |
| title_full | Field parasitoids of Aonidiella aurantii (Homoptera: Diaspididae) in Valencia (Spain) |
| title_fullStr | Field parasitoids of Aonidiella aurantii (Homoptera: Diaspididae) in Valencia (Spain) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Field parasitoids of Aonidiella aurantii (Homoptera: Diaspididae) in Valencia (Spain) |
| title_short | Field parasitoids of Aonidiella aurantii (Homoptera: Diaspididae) in Valencia (Spain) |
| title_sort | field parasitoids of aonidiella aurantii homoptera diaspididae in valencia spain |
| topic | Parasitoids structure Host stage Host size Parasitoid sex ratio H10 Pests of plants Aonidiella aurantii Aphytis melinus Parasitoids Citrus |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7772 https://www.iobc-wprs.org/pub/bulletins/iobc-wprs_bulletin_2003_26_06.pdf#page=128 |
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