Parasitoids are important natural control agents of tephritids and knowledge about the tritrophic relationships can support the management of these pests. This study aimed to estimate of parasitism indexes in fruit flies in 21 plant species and identify the species of parasitoids associated, in...

A list of the host plants of Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) based on the records of the INIA-CENIAP Museum is given: Spondias mombin, Mangifera indica, Anacardium occidentale, Annona muricata, Chrysobalanus icaco, Terminalia catappa, Persea americana, Malpighia glabra, Ficus carica, ...

Oriental fruit flies, Bactrocera dorsalis being highly polyphagous, mobile and relatively long lived (∼3 months), the efficacy of area-wide management programs is mainly influenced by field fruit fly population levels. A study was conducted to understand the seasonal abundance and host shift...

Mealybugs are economically important pests of several fruit crops world wide. Most of the mealybugs are highly polyphagous and inflict direct damage to fruit crops by feeding and some species act as vectors in the transmission of plant diseases. Nymphs and adult mealybugs suck the sap from the...

This issue presents studies on the leaf area estimation in lychees by means of allometric relationships, dehydration and spraying of buriti (Mauritia flexuosa), quality index and harvest maturity of Eugenia cibrata fruits, Gonodonta (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) species defoliating sugar apple and...

Fruit fly species, their host plants and their parasitoids were studied in Ilha de Santana, Amapá State, Brazil. Forty four samples from 13 host species (Spondias mombin, Mangifera indica, Psidium guajava, Averrhoa carambola, Passiflora sp., Malpighia punicifolia, Pouteria caimito, Genipa...

The production of bananas and other tropical fruit crops in the subtropics is highly influenced by climate. In the case of bananas, climate causes undesirable physiological phenomena and long cropping cycles, despite which yields obtained in the subtropics can be excellent. True tropical fruits...

Recently, occurrence of rugose spiralling whitefly, Aleurodicus rugioperculatus, was noticed in Purba Midnapur and Howrah districts of West Bengal during April 2019 on coconut (Cocos nucifera), banana (Musa spp.), mango (Mangifera indica), sapota (Manilkara zapota), Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis...

The numbers of injurious species of insects recorded on recently introduced sub-tropical fruit trees in Israel are: avocado 26, guava 20, annona 18, loquat 16, persimmon 15, mango 14, pecan 9, pitanga 9. Severe attacks of the greenhouse thrips, Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis, commonly occurring on ...

The numbers of injurious species of insects recorded on recently introduced sub-tropical fruit trees in Israel are: avocado 26, guava 20, annona 18, loquat 16, persimmon 15, mango 14, pecan 9, pitanga 9. Severe attacks of the greenhouse thrips, Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis, commonly occurring on ...