Claim · model-written summary
Diptilomiopus floridanus was collected from dooryard citrus in eleven Florida counties.
- Interactor
- Diptilomiopus floridanuse2pest
- Outcome
- collectede2
- Setting
- in the following counties in Floridae2
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Verbatim
e2“Diptilomiopus floridanus was collected from dooryard citrus in the following counties in Florida: Broward, Collier, Dade, Indian River, Lee, Martin, Palm Beach, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, and St. Lucie”
Title
Carl C. Childers; Michael E. Rogers; Timothy A. Ebert; et al. Florida Entomologist 2017. doi:10.1653/024.100.0230
Other claims from this paper (18)
- Observation 1,423 Diptilomiopus floridanus individuals were collected from dooryard citrus trees.
- Observation Diptilomiopus floridanus was not observed in six Florida counties.
- Observation Aculops pelekassi made up 3.2% of eriophyoid mites collected from dooryard citrus and varietal blocks.
- Observation Aceria sheldoni made up 9.1% of eriophyoid mites collected from dooryard citrus and varietal blocks.
- Observation Diptilomiopus floridanus made up 17.3% of eriophyoid mites collected from dooryard citrus and varietal blocks.
- Observation Phyllocoptruta oleivora made up 84.2% of eriophyoid mites collected from dooryard citrus and varietal blocks.
- Observation Collier County had the highest percentage of Diptilomiopus floridanus on dooryard trees, at 36%.
- Observation Broward County had 25% of dooryard trees infested with Diptilomiopus floridanus.
- Observation Indian River County had 25% of dooryard trees with Diptilomiopus floridanus.
- Observation Palm Beach County had 25% of dooryard trees with Diptilomiopus floridanus.
- Observation Martin County had 23% of dooryard trees with Diptilomiopus floridanus.
- Observation St. Lucie County had 22% of dooryard trees with Diptilomiopus floridanus.
- Observation In commercial citrus, Aceria sheldoni was collected at less than 1.0% of the time.
- Observation In commercial citrus, Aculops pelekassi was collected at 4.0% of the time.
- Observation In commercial citrus, Phyllocoptruta oleivora was collected at 75.5% of the time.
- Observation Diptilomiopus floridanus was not collected in commercial citrus orchards during the survey.
- Association Diptilomiopus floridanus had significantly greater infestation rates on lime and lemon trees than on grapefruit, tangerine, tangelo, sweet orange and pummelo trees.
- Association Infestation rates on lime and lemon trees were not significantly different from those on sour orange trees.