Mealybugs in Mediterranean persimmon: fruit infestation, seasonal trend and effect of climate change
Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) are the main pest of persimmon in Spain, the second producer in the world. In order to develop an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program, it is necessary to identify the main mealybug species, determine their phenology, and develop tools to predict damage. To...
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| author | Plata, Ángel Gómez-Martínez, María A. Beitia, Francisco J. Tena, Alejandro |
| author_browse | Beitia, Francisco J. Gómez-Martínez, María A. Plata, Ángel Tena, Alejandro |
| author_facet | Plata, Ángel Gómez-Martínez, María A. Beitia, Francisco J. Tena, Alejandro |
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| description | Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) are the main pest of persimmon in Spain, the second producer in the world. In order to develop an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program, it is necessary to identify the main mealybug species, determine their phenology, and develop tools to predict damage. To do this, we sampled 17 orchards from the main persimmon producing area in Spain over two years. Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzeti) was the most abundant and widely distributed species. This mealybug species completed three generations per year and reached peak density just before harvest. Fruit infestation at harvest was highly correlated with mealybug density in spring and summer. The estimated thermal constants to complete development and one generation were 512.5 and 956.3 degree days, respectively. Based on climate change predictions, crop damage caused by the third generation of P. longispinus will increase in 2040 and the mealybug will complete a fourth generation by 2080. Pseudococcus longispinus has become the main pest for Mediterranean persimmon and damage produced by this mealybug may be exacerbated by climate change. This work provides essential data to design a sampling protocol and determine intervention times and thresholds against this mealybug. |
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| spelling | ReDivia87892025-04-25T14:49:28Z Mealybugs in Mediterranean persimmon: fruit infestation, seasonal trend and effect of climate change Plata, Ángel Gómez-Martínez, María A. Beitia, Francisco J. Tena, Alejandro Pseudococcus longispinus Degree-day Climate warming H10 Pests of plants U30 Research methods Mealybugs Diospyros kaki Integrated pest management Climate change Phenology Pseudococcidae Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) are the main pest of persimmon in Spain, the second producer in the world. In order to develop an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program, it is necessary to identify the main mealybug species, determine their phenology, and develop tools to predict damage. To do this, we sampled 17 orchards from the main persimmon producing area in Spain over two years. Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzeti) was the most abundant and widely distributed species. This mealybug species completed three generations per year and reached peak density just before harvest. Fruit infestation at harvest was highly correlated with mealybug density in spring and summer. The estimated thermal constants to complete development and one generation were 512.5 and 956.3 degree days, respectively. Based on climate change predictions, crop damage caused by the third generation of P. longispinus will increase in 2040 and the mealybug will complete a fourth generation by 2080. Pseudococcus longispinus has become the main pest for Mediterranean persimmon and damage produced by this mealybug may be exacerbated by climate change. This work provides essential data to design a sampling protocol and determine intervention times and thresholds against this mealybug. 2024-02-07T11:22:25Z 2024-02-07T11:22:25Z 2023 article publishedVersion Plata, Á., Gómez-Martínez, M., Beitia, F. J. & Tena, A. (2023). Mealybugs in Mediterranean persimmon: Fruit infestation, seasonal trend and effect of climate change. Entomologia Generalis, 43(6), 1161-1169. 1161–1169 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8789 10.1127/entomologia/2023/2028 https://www.schweizerbart.de//papers/entomologia/detail/43/103506/Mealybugs_in_Mediterranean_persimmon_fruit_infestation_seasonal_trend_and_effect_of_climate_change en This research was supported by the national project RTA2017-00095 from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and the project IVIA-GVA 52202 from Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (this project is susceptible of being co-financed by the European Union through the ERDF Program 2021–2027 Comunitat Valenciana). info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ERDF/PCV 2021-2027/52202/ES/Control biológico de plagas y enfermedades como pieza clave en el impulso de la Sostenibilidad de los cultivos agrarios de la Comunidad Valenciana/SOSTENIBLE Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ openAccess Schweizerbart Science Publishers electronico |
| spellingShingle | Pseudococcus longispinus Degree-day Climate warming H10 Pests of plants U30 Research methods Mealybugs Diospyros kaki Integrated pest management Climate change Phenology Pseudococcidae Plata, Ángel Gómez-Martínez, María A. Beitia, Francisco J. Tena, Alejandro Mealybugs in Mediterranean persimmon: fruit infestation, seasonal trend and effect of climate change |
| title | Mealybugs in Mediterranean persimmon: fruit infestation, seasonal trend and effect of climate change |
| title_full | Mealybugs in Mediterranean persimmon: fruit infestation, seasonal trend and effect of climate change |
| title_fullStr | Mealybugs in Mediterranean persimmon: fruit infestation, seasonal trend and effect of climate change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mealybugs in Mediterranean persimmon: fruit infestation, seasonal trend and effect of climate change |
| title_short | Mealybugs in Mediterranean persimmon: fruit infestation, seasonal trend and effect of climate change |
| title_sort | mealybugs in mediterranean persimmon fruit infestation seasonal trend and effect of climate change |
| topic | Pseudococcus longispinus Degree-day Climate warming H10 Pests of plants U30 Research methods Mealybugs Diospyros kaki Integrated pest management Climate change Phenology Pseudococcidae |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8789 https://www.schweizerbart.de//papers/entomologia/detail/43/103506/Mealybugs_in_Mediterranean_persimmon_fruit_infestation_seasonal_trend_and_effect_of_climate_change |
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