Claim · model-written summary
Citrus leaf deformation from Aphis spiraecola was proportional to aphid density.
- Interactor
- Aphis spiraecola
Aphis spiraecolae0pest - Outcome
- leaf deformatione0
- Direction
- directly proportionale0
CitrusNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“Aphis spiraecola was the most abundant species, representing more than 80% of all identified aphids, and the damage (leaf deformation) it causes was directly proportional to its density.”
t0“Citrus”
Title
Citrus Aphids in Algarve Region (Portugal): Species, Hosts, and Biological Control
Paulo Eduardo Branco Paiva; Luís Mascarenhas Neto; Natália Tomás Marques; et al. Ecologies 2024. doi:10.3390/ecologies5010007
Other claims from this paper (19)
- Observation Aphis spiraecola represented over 80% of aphids on citrus.
- Observation A. gossypii occurred among citrus aphids in descending rank.
- Observation A. aurantii occurred among citrus aphids in descending rank.
- Observation Macrosiphum euphorbiae occurred among citrus aphids in descending rank.
- Observation Aphid nymphs outnumbered adults in every species.
- Observation A. citricidus was not detected in citrus orchards.
- Observation A. spiraecola populations peaked on lemon in spring above 100 per shoot.
- Observation A. spiraecola populations peaked on orange in spring above 100 per shoot.
- Observation Great aphid damage was observed in orange trees.
- Observation Great aphid damage was observed in lemon trees.
- Observation Great aphid damage was observed in mandarin trees.
- Observation A. gossypii occurred mainly in mandarin trees.
- Observation A. gossypii occurred mainly in tangor trees.
- Observation Lysiphlebus spp. parasitism of A. spiraecola was low at 0.3–1.5%.
- Observation Binodoxys spp. parasitism of A. spiraecola was low at 0.3–1.5%.
- Observation The ratio was 150 to 440 aphids per predator.
- Observation syrphids occurred among aphid predators.
- Observation lacewings occurred among aphid predators.
- Observation coccinellids (Scymnus) occurred among aphid predators.