Distribution and attack of pineapple mealybug to macauba palm Acrocomia aculeata

Author(s):  
Vitor Carvalho Ribeiro de Araújo ◽  
Gerson Adriano Silva ◽  
Rodrigo Soares Ramos ◽  
Paulo Antônio Santana Júnior ◽  
Renata Ramos Pereira ◽  
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Author(s):  
Alexander Montoya-Arroyo ◽  
José David Alfaro ◽  
Patricia Esquivel ◽  
Víctor M. Jiménez ◽  
Jan Frank

Plant Disease ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Sether ◽  
W. B. Borth ◽  
M. J. Melzer ◽  
J. Hu

A complex of Pineapple mealybug wilt-associated viruses (PMWaVs) that can infect pineapple (Ananas comosus) is correlated with reduced yields and mealybug wilt of pineapple. The incidences of PMWaV-1 and PMWaV-2 at planting, fruit harvest, the beginning of the ratoon crop, and ratoon fruit harvest were determined for end, side, and central regions of planting blocks in eight commercial fields. Differences in virus incidence for the three regions at ratoon harvest were highly significant (P = 0.0018). Central regions of planting blocks had lower virus incidences at the time of ratoon fruit harvest. Collection of propagation material from the central regions of planting blocks will help to minimize PMWaV incidence in fields planted with this material.


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Aurélio Rubio Neto ◽  
Fabiano Guimarães Silva ◽  
Juliana De Fátima Sales ◽  
Edésio Fialho dos Reis ◽  
Marcus Vinícius Vieira da Silva ◽  
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Alberto Mieres ◽  
Zulay Niño ◽  
Sergio Pérez
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2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. e0151275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariana Vieira Alves ◽  
Eliana Janet Sanjinez-Argandoña ◽  
Adelita Maria Linzmeier ◽  
Claudia Andrea Lima Cardoso ◽  
Maria Lígia Rodrigues Macedo

2021 ◽  
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Author(s):  
Estefânia Ferreira Dias ◽  
Luciano Hauschild ◽  
Vinícius Eduardo Moreira ◽  
Raphael Perini Caetano ◽  
Alini Mari Veira ◽  
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2001 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 449-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. A. RAMOS ◽  
I. MARTINS ◽  
J. M. FARIAS ◽  
I. C. S. SILVA ◽  
D. C. COSTA ◽  
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Oviposition and predation levels by Speciomerus revoili bruchid beetles were quantified on fruits and seeds of the macaúba palm, Acrocomia aculeata, collected from below mother-trees within the Sarah Kubitschek Park of Brasília, DF, Brazil. A maximum of 12 eggs per fruit were found, with high variations observed between samples. No clear pattern was found for the distribution of the number of eggs per fruit, perhaps due to the artificial conditions of the study area, the absence of dispersers and/or the plasticity in the oviposition behavior of the insect. The number of eggs per fruit was not related to fruit size, but was associated with their availability under the tree-mother. This suggests that the density of eggs per fruit is a balance between the availability of this resource and the number of females in the beetle population. The observed mortality rate, from the egg phase to the final larval stages, was over 75%. About 40% of the seeds of Acrocomia aculeata were predated by Speciomerus revoili.


2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 458-463
Author(s):  
Lenira Viana Costa Santa-Cecília ◽  
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Ernesto Prado ◽  
Brígida Souza ◽  

ABSTRACT Differences in susceptibility to viruses in plants may be partially explained by the insect vector probing behavior and by the presence of phenolic compounds, which are often associated with defense strategies. This study aimed at detecting barriers that may difficult the probing activity of the Dysmicoccus brevipes (Pseudococcidae) pineapple mealybug, a vector of the pineapple mealybug wilt-associated virus, as well as evaluating the phenolic content of plants, in order to verify any possible relationship with the probing behavior, by using the electrical penetration graphs (EPG) technique. Seedlings of 'Smooth Cayenne' and 'Pérola' pineapple cultivars were used in the experiments. Only 28 % and 21 % of the mealybugs reached the phloem of the 'Smooth Cayenne' and 'Pérola' cultivars, respectively, over 16 h of recording, with an average of 9 h to reach the phloem vessels. The xylem phase was extended in both cultivars and represented approximately 31 % ('Smooth Cayenne') and 44 % ('Pérola') of the recording time. The phenolic contents of both cultivars were similar.


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Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-100
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Maura I. Díaz-Lezcano ◽  
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Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo ◽  
Francisco J. Ruíz-Gómez ◽  
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Isaac López ◽  
David García ◽  
María González ◽  
Mario José Moreno-Álvarez ◽  
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