Claim · model-written summary
Pullus sp., a local ladybird at the port of Com, is apparently a predator of Aspidiotus destructor.
- Taxon
- Cocos nucifera
Cocos nuciferat0 - Interactor
- A. destructor
Aspidiotus destructore7pest - Second interactor
- Pullus sp.e7biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- predator of A. destructore7
- Setting
- port of Come7
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageTreatmentComparatorDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Aspidiotus destructor outbreaks on Cocos nucifera in Baucau district”
e7“At the port of Com, a local species of ladybird, Pullus sp., was identified that is apparently a predator of A. destructor”
Title
Laurence Ollivier; Xavier Bonneau Agritrop (Cirad) 2004
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation The scale insect Aspidiotus destructor was identified as the pest responsible for coconut decay in Baucau.
- Recommendation Importing a predatory ladybird for local rearing and release in infested coconut plantations is proposed as a biological control method.
- Observation 38 of 46 Chilocorus-type ladybird adults (C. politus) imported to Timor-Leste arrived in good condition at the Triloka laboratory near Baucau.
- Observation Aspidiotus destructor spread considerably, with palm deaths, in and around the town of Baucau between March 2002 and December 2003.
- Observation Aspidiotus destructor foci were identified in Viqueque district, but no outbreaks at the time.
- Observation Aspidiotus destructor foci were identified in the coastal villages between Baucau and Com.
- Recommendation Building layout should be improved to create a stable microclimate for ladybird development at the Triloka rearing laboratory.
- Recommendation Production of Aspidiotus destructor rearing media on pumpkins should be improved.
- Recommendation Different stages of C. politus rearing should be organised to avoid mixing successive larval instars and generations.