The effect of predators on the abundance of the Macadamia Nutborer (Ecdytolopha torticornis)

 

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Auteurs: Blanco-Metzler, Helga, Watt, Allan D., Cosens, Derek
Format: artículo original
Statut:Versión publicada
Date de publication:2006
Description:Predators play a fundamental role in integrated pest management programmes, yet are often underutilized because of a lack of information about their effect on pest populations. In this study, the mortality of larvae and pupae of Ecdytolopha torticornis in a macadamia orchard in Costa Rica, caused by predators, was quantified during the period between nut fall and harvest. Predation was found to significantly reduce the abundance of nutborer larvae, and the fire ant Solenopsis geminata F. was considered to be the most important predator.
Pays:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Langue:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/6817
Accès en ligne:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/agrocost/article/view/6817
Mots-clés:Ecdytolopha torticornis
control biológico
depredadores
macadamia
Costa Rica
biological control
predators