the purpose of this work was to study the population dynamics of Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) in orchards of ‘Valencia’ orange, ‘Ponkan’ mandarin, and ‘murcott’ tangor trees located at the são José farm in the municipality of taquaritinga, são Paulo (sP). yellow sticky traps used to monitor this disease vector were evaluated monthly for 4 yr between sep 2004 and aug 2008. th...

BACKGROUND The chemosterilisation technique has been demonstrated to reduce the population and fruit damage of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), in citrus orchards. Field trials showed efficacy by reducing the fruit fly population, which was progressively achieved by continuous application of lufenuron to several generations. Different authors have suggested that fiel...

Three potentially important aspects of mark-release-recapture experimentation were addressed: 1) source of mosquitoes for release, 2) time of release, and 3) weather during recapture. Culex tarsalis Coquillett mosquitoes collected as adult host-seeking females from dry ice-baited traps (CO2 traps) operated within the study area (local) were recaptured more frequently than females collected from...

1. Objectives The main objective was to measure real lifetime contributions of individual female Gonatocerus ashmeadi to parasitism of glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS) egg masses in citrus orchards. However it is unknown whether G. ashmeadi is proor syn-ovigenic. Gonatocerus parasitoids are generally classified as strictly pro-ovigenic (Jervis and Copland, 1996). Jervis et al. (2001) calculate...

The citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Risso, 1813) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is one of the major pests Citrus orchards in Turkey. Management P. quite challenging due to its cryptic and polyphagous feeding behavior. In current study, control potential native entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) species (Heterorhabditis indica 216-H, H. bacteriophora FLH-4H, Steinernema carpocapsae E-76, S. felt...

Citrus orchards in northeastern Brazil are mostly rainfed and comprised basically of ‘Pera CNPMF D-6’ sweet orange budded on ‘Rangpur’ lime, for the drought tolerance productivity imparted by this rootstock. Therefore, selection new varieties is needed to broaden genetic basis citrus cultivated region. Accordingly, study compared vegetative, productive, fruit quality traits eight scions grafted...

Field experiments in the subtropical Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas were conducted to determine the extent of adult boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), dispersal from cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., fields during harvest operations and the noncotton-growing ("overwinter") period between 1 September and 1 February. Using unbaited large capacity boll weev...

Orange trees are widely cultivated in Mediterranean climatic regions where they are an important agricultural crop. Citrus have been characterized as emitters of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in chamber studies under controlled environmental conditions, but an extensive characterization at field scale has never been performed using modern measurement methods, and is particularly needed consi...

The Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), the principal vector of the pathogen of huanglongbing (HLB), has been reported to be transported in truckloads of oranges in Florida. Citrus, especially Key limes and lemons, are shipped to the U.S. from Mexican states that are heavily infected with HLB. Live, infected psyllids could spread the disease in orchards near inspection facilities or packing houses wher...

The recent widespread increase in iron chlorosis on acid, sandy soils in Florida has led to studies of the underlying causes. The leaves on affected trees are deficient in iron (10). Field observations show that tree condition can be substantially improved by liming. Additions of iron sulphate to the soil has not improved tree condition noticeably. Recently foliage condition improved when small...