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1 August 2006 Intervention Thresholds for Aphis spiraecola (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Citrus clementina
A. Hermoso de Mendoza, R. Arouni, B. Belliure, E. A. Carbonell, J. Pérez-Panadés
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Abstract

The production of clementine fruit was affected by varying densities of Aphis spiraecola Patch (Hemiptera: Aphididae) maintained on four groups of clementine, Citrus clementina Hort. ex Tan., trees individually isolated in mesh cages. A formula relating the number of aphids per square meter of canopy per group of trees to yield loss in that group of trees was obtained, permitting us to calculate the economic injury levels (EILs) and economic thresholds (ETs) for treatment against A. spiraecola, i.e., EIL, ET, environmental economic injury level (EEIL), and environmental economic threshold (EET). In an example case with current values, EIL = 370, ET = 322, EEIL = 614, and EET = 533 aphids per m2 of canopy. Formulae designed for easier use in the field were obtained to express each of these thresholds. The formulae are compared with those obtained for Aphis gossypii Glover in a previous study; the intervention thresholds for A. spiraecola are slightly higher than those found for A. gossypii.

A. Hermoso de Mendoza, R. Arouni, B. Belliure, E. A. Carbonell, and J. Pérez-Panadés "Intervention Thresholds for Aphis spiraecola (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Citrus clementina," Journal of Economic Entomology 99(4), 1273-1279, (1 August 2006). https://doi.org/10.1603/0022-0493-99.4.1273
Received: 18 May 2005; Accepted: 1 February 2006; Published: 1 August 2006
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KEYWORDS
Aphis spiraecola
Citrus clementina
economic injury level
economic threshold
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