Claim · model-written summary
A. citricola curled and distorted leaves near tender shoot apices.
- Organ / stage
- leavese0
- Interactor
- A. citricola
Aphis fabaee0pest - Outcome
- curling and distortion of the leavese0
CitrusNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A. citricola causes curling and distortion of the leaves, especially of those near apices of tender shoots of the host plants.”
t0“citrus”
Title
First record of Aphis citricola van der Goot (Homoptera: Aphididae) on citrus in Southern Greece
D.P. Lykouressis ENTOMOLOGIA HELLENICA 2017. doi:10.12681/eh.13984
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation Aphis citricola was first recorded on orange cv Washington Navel in Korinthia in spring 1986.
- Observation Aphids on orange tender shoots were abundant in April and May and less abundant in October and November.
- Observation Aphids were collected from clementine trees in May.
- Observation Aphids occurred in another orange grove in Korinthia in 1987.
- Observation Aphids appeared later in May 1987 than in the prior year.
- Mechanism March snow and cold destroyed young growth, delaying aphid appearance.
- Observation A. citricola was more numerous than Toxoptera aurantii on Washington navel.
- Recommendation The authors infer A. citricola could be the dominant harmful citrus aphid in Greece if counts generalize.