Claim · model-written summary
Two aphid species were reported for the first time in Portugal.
- Taxon
- lemon
Citrus ×limont0 - Interactor
- Illinoia goldamaryaeIllinoia goldamaryaee1pest
- Second interactor
- I. morrisoniIllinoia morrisonie1pest
- Outcome
- reported for the first time in Portugale1
Verbatim
t0“lemon orchards”
e1“two were reported for the first time in Portugal, Illinoia goldamaryae (Knowlton) and I. morrisoni (Swain)”
Title
Interactions between ground cover management, hedges and aphids in lemon orchards.
Paulo Elias Borges Rodrigues; F. A. Ilharco; E. B. da Silva; et al. 2006
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Toxoptera auranti and Aphis spiraecola are the only aphid species economically important for citrus crops in Continental Portugal.
- Observation Infestation level of aphids on lemon trees was low in all three orchards.
- Intervention effect Average aphid number was higher in plots where herbicide was used than in plots with ground cover vegetation.
- Observation Toxoptera auranti was detected only on three ground cover plant species and on Pittosporum undulatum in the hedges.
- Observation Aphis gossypii was never observed during the study.
- Observation Atheroides serrulatus was reported in Continental Portugal.
- Observation A total of 1945 aphid specimens comprised 44 species from 28 genera.