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1 September 2017 Field Survey of Asian Citrus Psyllid (Hemiptera: Liviidae) Infestations Associated with Six Cultivars of Poncirus trifoliata (Rutaceae)
David G. Hall, Matthew G. Hentz, Ed Stover
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Abstract

The Asian citrus psyllid (Hemiptera: Liviidae) transmits a bacterium responsible for huanglongbing, a serious citrus disease. Insecticidal control of the psyllid is a key tactic used to manage the disease, but host plant resistance may hold some promise and clues in the search for alternative tactics. Results of a field survey revealed that relatively large infestation densities of the psyllid developed on conventional Citrus (Rutaceae) and citrange (Rutaceae) cultivars but not on any of 6 Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf. (Rutaceae) cultivars. Poncirus trifoliata is a species closely related to Citrus, and citranges are hybrids of sweet orange and P. trifoliata. Reduced colonization by the psyllid on P. trifoliata was largely a result of reduced rates of oviposition. Poncirus trifoliata resistance to oviposition was not observed in 4 citrange cultivars.

David G. Hall, Matthew G. Hentz, and Ed Stover "Field Survey of Asian Citrus Psyllid (Hemiptera: Liviidae) Infestations Associated with Six Cultivars of Poncirus trifoliata (Rutaceae)," Florida Entomologist 100(3), 667-668, (1 September 2017). https://doi.org/10.1653/024.100.0328
Published: 1 September 2017
KEYWORDS
citrus greening
Diaphorina citri
enverdecimiento de los citricos
Huanglongbing
Liberibacter
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