Claim · model-written summary
Most adult female A. aurantii survived all spray oil applications.
CitrusVerbatim
e0“However, most adult females survived all PDSO applications”
e1“the citrus key pest A onidiella aurantii M askell ( H emiptera: D iaspididae) and its main parasitoid A phytis melinus DeBach”
e2“The four PDSOs displayed similarly high mortalities against young instars of A . aurantii . However, most adult females survived all PDSO applications, and the fecundity of the surviving females was not altered. PDSOs were harmless to the parasitoid A . melinus”
Title
Alejandro Tena; Laura Planes; Alberto Urbaneja Agricultural and Forest Entomology 2016. doi:10.1111/afe.12208
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Intervention effect Four spray oils caused similarly high mortality in young A. aurantii instars.
- Intervention effect Fecundity of surviving A. aurantii females was not altered.
- Intervention effect Spray oils did not affect survival, longevity or fecundity of adult A. melinus.
- Intervention effect No spray oil affected immature parasitoid emergence after parasitized hosts were sprayed.
- Observation The four spray oils performed similarly when sprayed under the same conditions.