Research about Above and belowground population of Delottococcus aberiae De Lotto (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) [Dataset]
[EN] Dataset asociated to the paper "Above and belowground male population of the Invasive Cit-rus mealybug Delottococcus aberiae De Lotto (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) " The invasive Delottococcus aberiae is one of the most harmful mealybugs on citrus in Spain, since it causes defor...
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| Tipo de recurso: | conjunto de datos |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) |
| Repositorio: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia |
| Idioma: | español inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/221324 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/221324 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Delottococcus aberiae Pseudococcidae Natural enemies Sampling methodology Population dynamics Soil distribution Male captures |
| Sumario: | [EN] Dataset asociated to the paper "Above and belowground male population of the Invasive Cit-rus mealybug Delottococcus aberiae De Lotto (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) " The invasive Delottococcus aberiae is one of the most harmful mealybugs on citrus in Spain, since it causes deformations and the premature falling of fruits. To improve control strategies, this study evaluates its population above and belowground, distri-bution in the soil and identify natural enemies emerging from belowground of citrus orchards. The distribution in the soil of emerged males varies significantly with the distance to the tree trunks with an annual average number of 0.95 males/trap/day at 0.5 m, and ranging between 0.25-0.32 at 1 m, 1.5 m and 2 m. There is a constant emergence of males throughout the year, both aboveground and belowground, with four distinct peaks, the first two occurring in February and April. This observation is essential to manage fruit damages that follows between March and June. Among the natural en-emies detected belowground the following are highlighted: Bdellidae mites (52%), Hymenoptera parasitoids (16%) and spiders (11%). When implementing IPM strate-gies, emphasis should be placed on adequate soil management (crops, mulching, or the release of natural enemies) and to the appearance of first generation. We propose a belowground population sampling method as a simple and practical tool to quantify this pest’s the winter and spring populations, which remain undetectable using current methodologies. |
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