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- Influence
Aggregation pattern, sampling plan, and intervention threshold for Pezothrips kellyanus in citrus groves
- C. Navarro-Campos, A. Aguilar, F. García-marí
- Biology
- 1 February 2012
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… Expand
Impact of factitious foods and prey on the oviposition of the predatory mites Gaeolaelaps aculeifer and Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Acari: Laelapidae)
- C. Navarro-Campos, F. Wäckers, A. Pekas
- Biology, Medicine
- Experimental and Applied Acarology
- 7 July 2016
The soil-dwelling predatory mites Gaeolaelaps aculeifer and Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) are important biocontrol agents of several pests (Astigmata, Thysanoptera, Diptera).… Expand
Soil-dwelling predatory mites in citrus: Their potential as natural enemies of thrips with special reference to Pezothrips kellyanus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
- C. Navarro-Campos, A. Pekas, M. Moraza, A. Aguilar, F. García-marí
- Biology
- 1 November 2012
Free-living predatory mites are 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… Expand
Factors explaining variation in citrus fruit scarring by Pezothrips kellyanus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae).
- C. Navarro-Campos, A. Pekas, A. Aguilar, F. García-marí
- Biology
- 2013
Pezothrips kellyanus, Kelly’s citrus thrips, is a recently recorded citrus pest in southern Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, Chile and several countries of the Mediterranean Basin. In eastern Spain… Expand
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Guiding Classical Biological Control of an Invasive Mealybug Using Integrative Taxonomy
- A. Beltrà, P. Addison, +8 authors A. Soto
- Biology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 5 June 2015
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… Expand
The Influence of Host Fruit and Temperature on the Body Size of Adult Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) Under Laboratory and Field Conditions
- C. Navarro-Campos, M. T. Martínez-ferrer, +5 authors F. García-marí
- Biology, Medicine
- Environmental entomology
- 1 August 2011
ABSTRACT
The adult body size of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae), varies in natural conditions. Body size is an important fitness indicator in the… Expand
Provisioning of food supplements enhances the conservation of phytoseiid mites in citrus
- A. Beltrà, A. Calabuig, +5 authors A. Pekas
- Biology
- 1 December 2017
Abstract 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… Expand
Factors influencing citrus fruit scarring caused by Pezothrips kellyanus
- C. Navarro-Campos, A. Pekas, A. Aguilar, F. García-marí
- Biology
- Journal of Pest Science
- 12 March 2013
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… Expand
Augmentative releases of the soil predatory mite Gaeolaelaps aculeifer reduce fruit damage caused by an invasive thrips in Mediterranean citrus.
- C. Navarro-Campos, A. Beltrà, A. Calabuig, F. García-marí, Felix L Wäckers, A. Pekas
- Biology, Medicine
- Pest management science
- 15 February 2020
BACKGROUND
Soil-dwelling predatory mites of the family Laelapidae are augmentatively released for the biological control of several pests with an edaphic phase in numerous greenhouse crops. Yet,… Expand