Listar por tema "Biological control"
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Bio-ecology and integrated management of the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in the region of Valencia (Spain)
Benaki Phytopathological Institute (2012-01)The invasive red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is one of the most destructive pests of palms in the world. It is widely distributed in all continents and has been reported on ... -
Cultivando malas hierbas. Biodiversidad, diseño, cultura y percepción
Universitat Jaume I. Servei d'Activitats Socioculturals (SASC) (2023-07)La idea de “mala yerba” aparece ya en el texto del “Tratado de Agricultura General” de Gabriel Alonso de Herrera de 1513 como un tema recurrente en el cultivo de cosechas, junto con las plagas de orugas e insectos, entro ... -
Defensive plats responses induced by Nesidiocoris tenuis (Hemiptera:Miridae) on tomato plants
Springer (2015-01)In the last decade, biological control programs for greenhouse tomatoes and other crops have been successfully implemented using zoophytophagous plant bugs (Miridae), which can feed on both plant tissues and insect prey. ... -
Diachasmimorpha longicaudata as Biological Control agent of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata: biotic and abiotic factors affecting its implementation in citrus crops of the Mediterranean basin
Universitat Jaume I (2017-02-24)Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann (Diptera: Tephritidae) is a cosmopolitan pest, originary from West-Africa, that has invaded almost all the temperate and tropical countries by the unwanted aid of the men. During its adaptation ... -
Early arrival of predators controls Aphis spiraecola colonies in citrus clementines
Springer Berlin Heidelberg (2015-04)Aphis spiraecola Patch. (Hemiptera: Aphididae) is a key pest of citrus clementines. This aphid colonizes tender clementine shoots in the spring and causes important economic losses. A complex of predators preys on A. ... -
Efficacy of Neoseiulus californicus and Phytoseiulus persimilis in suppression of Tetranychus urticae in young clementine plants
Springer Netherlands (2010-04)Tetranychus urticae is one of the most damaging tetranychid mites affecting clementine orchards in Spain, where natural control is insufficient. Furthermore, in clementine nurseries, tender foliage is highly susceptible ... -
Enhancing pest management in sweet pepper by the exploitation of zoophytophagy
Universitat Jaume I (2018-04-06)During the last decades pest management in sweet pepper has shown noticeable development through the replacement of chemical control by biological control. The augmentative release of the predatory bug Orius laevigatus and ... -
Estudi comparat del comportament i els d'anys mecànics en tomaquera causats per Nesidiocoris tenuis i Macrolophus pygmaeus
Universitat Jaume I (2017-10-24)The use of the predatory mirids Nesidiocoris tenuis and Macrolophus pygmaeus in tomato is very effective for the biological control of of the whiteflies (Trialeurodes vaporariorum and Bemisia Tabaci) and more recently for ... -
Exploring the potential for the selective breeding of Nesidiocoris Tenuis: A study of its genetics and feeding behavior
Universitat Jaume I (2021-04-23)Nesidiocoris tenuis is a zoophytopbagous insect used in tomato crops to control key pests. Its ability to foed on plant tissues gives it the advantages to be able to establish in the crops before the arrival afthe pest, ... -
Living on an unfriendly plant host: impact of tomato on the predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii
Universitat Jaume I (2019-12-13)The predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is a key player in the biological control of pests in greenhouse crops. However, on tomato crops, the release of A. swirskii does not provide ... -
Prospects for predatory mirid bugs as biocontrol agents of aphids in sweet peppers
Springer (2015-03)In recent years, biological control strategies to control many major horticultural pests have been successfully implemented in the Eastern Mediterranean basin. However, the management of some pests, such as aphids in sweet ... -
Thermal requirements of Fidiobia dominica (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) and Haeckeliania sperata (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae), two exotic egg parasitoids of Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Springer Verlag (2008)Diaprepes abbreviatus is an exotic root weevil occurring in southern US. It is a highly polyphagous species which can complete its entire life cycle on citrus and several woody ornamental plants. The lack of native egg ... -
Tomato plant responses to feeding behavior of three zoophytophagous predators (Hemiptera: Miridae)
Elsevier (2015-07)Plant responses induced by zoophytophagous plant bugs (Miridae) have not been thoroughly studied. Here, we show that three different zoophytophagous predators (Nesidiocoris tenuis, Macrolophus pygmaeus and Dicyphus maroccanus) ...