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Pest categorisation of Dendroctonus micans
(Wiley, 2017-07-04)
The Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of the great spruce bark beetle,
Dendroctonus micans (Kugelann), (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae), for the EU. D. micans is a
well-defined and distinguishable ...
Pest categorisation of Ips typographus
(Wiley, 2017-07-06)
The Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle,
Ips typographus L. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae), for the EU. I. typographus is a well-defined
and distinguishable ...
Pest risk assessment of Radopholus similis for the EU territory
(EFSA, 2017)
The Panel on Plant Health performed a pest risk assessment on Radopholus similis, the burrowing
nematode for the EU. The quantitative assessment focused on entry, establishment, spread and impact
on tropical and subtropical ...
Mite diversity (Acari: Tetranychidae, Tydeidae, Iolinidae, Phytoseiidae) and within-tree distribution in citrus orchards in southern Spain, with special reference to Eutetranychus orientalis
(Springer, 2017-10)
Mite diversity of selected citrus orchards in Andalusia (southern Spain) was
studied during 2002–2007. The following species were found: Eutetranychus orientalis,
Tetranychus urticae, Panonychus citri (Tetranychidae), ...
Evaluation of a paper by Guarnaccia et al. (2017) on the first report of Phyllosticta citricarpa in Europe
(Wiley, 2018-01-23)
The Plant Health Panel reviewed the paper by Guarnaccia et al. (2017) and compared their findings
with previous predictions on the establishment of Phyllosticta citricarpa. Four species of Phyllosticta
were found by ...
Pest categorisation of Saperda tridentata
(European Food Safety AuthorityWiley, 2020-01-10)
The EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLHP) performed a pest categorisation of Saperda tridentata (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) for the EU. S. tridentata (elm borer) occurs in eastern North America. Ulmus americana and U. rubra are ...
Pest categorisation of the Andean Potato Weevil (APW) complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
(WileyEuropean Food Safety Authority, 2020-07-03)
The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of the species within the Andean Potato
Weevil (APW) complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) for the EU. The complex consists of 14 species, 12
belong to the ...
When the ground cover brings guests: is Anaphothrips obscurus a friend or a foe for the biological control of Tetranychus urticae in clementines?
(Springer, 2017-10)
Biological control of Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae), a key pest of clementines, can be improved in this crop with the establishment of a ground cover of Festuca arundinacea Schreber (Poaceae). This cover ...
Pest categorisation of Ripersiella hibisci
(Wiley Open Access, 2020)
The EFSA Panel on Plant Health performed a pest categorisation of Ripersiella hibisci (Hemiptera: Rhizoecidae) for the EU. R. hibisci occurs in Japan, China and Taiwan and has spread to the USA: Florida, Hawaii and the ...
Zoophytophagous mirids provide pest controlby inducing direct defences, antixenosis andattraction to parasitoids in sweet pepper plants
(Wiley, 2018)
BACKGROUND: In addition to their services as predators, mirid predators are able to induce plant defences by phytophagy.However, whether this induction occurs in sweet pepper and whether it could be an additional benefit ...