Winter Mortality of the Black Scale (Saissetia oleae Bern.) on Oranges in California

1940 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 534-535
Author(s):  
Ralph H. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Winter Mortality ◽  
Black Scale ◽  
Saissetia Oleae

scholarly journals Flight period of some parasitoids and a predator of the olive black scale (Saissetia oleae Olivier) on Corfu island

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Μ. V. Macropodi
Keyword(s):  
Natural Enemies ◽  
The Other ◽  
Flight Period ◽  
Chilocorus Bipustulatus ◽  
Black Scale ◽  
Saissetia Oleae ◽  
Time Of Year

The time of year the adults (flight period) of the parasitoids of S. oleae: Μetaphycus helvolus, Μetaphycus lounsburyi, Scutelista cyanea and Moranila californica and the predator Chilocorus bipustulatus are present, was determined in three areas of Corfu island: Lima, Kontocali and Avliotes. M. helvolus apparently has two flight periods: the first is from A­pril till July and the second from November till December. All the other natural enemies have only one flight period per year. The flight period of M. lounsburyi is from April till August, while S. cyanea flies from August till the end of September or the first days of Oc­tober, and M. californica adults are present from July till the middle of December. Adults of C. bipustulatus appeared from July till December or the middle of January.

scholarly journals Ocorrência da Cochonilha Negra Saissetia oleae (Olivier) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) em Oliveiras Olea europaea L. (Oleaceae) cv. Ascolano em Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brasil

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 242-244
Author(s):  
Marcus Alvarenga Soares ◽  
Maria do Céu Monteiro Da Cruz ◽  
Larissa Madureira Martins ◽  
Raoni Pereira De Carvalho ◽  
Evaldo Martins Pires ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Olea Europaea ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Severe Damage ◽  
Olea Europaea L ◽  
Minas Gerais State ◽  
Black Scale ◽  
Saissetia Oleae ◽  
Production Losses ◽  
Olea Europaéa

Plantas de oliveira Olea europaea L. (Oleaceae) foram introduzidas no município de Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brasil devido ao potencial local para produzir azeitonas e azeite, fruto e processado com mercado mundial em expansão. O objetivo deste trabalho foi registrar, pela primeira vez, a presença da cochonilha negra, Saissetia oleae (Olivier) (Hemiptera: Coccidae), em oliveiras (cv. Ascolano) em Diamantina. O presente registro mostra que S. oleae precisa ser monitorada, quando da implantação de viveiros de mudas e áreas de cultivo nesta região, por ter potencial para causar danos severos nas plantas e perdas na produção. Occurrence of Black Scale Saissetia oleae (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in Olive Olea europaea (Oleaceae) cv. Ascolano in Diamantina, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Abstract. Olive plants Olea europaea L. (Oleaceae) were introduced in the Diamantina region, Minas Gerais State, Brazil mainly because it is a potential place to produce olives and olive oil, with growing global market. The aim of this study was to record the presence of black scale Saissetia oleae (Olivier) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on olive (cv. Ascolano) in Diamantina. This record shows that S. oleae needs to be monitored when deploying nurseries and crop areas for its potential to cause severe damage in plants and production losses.

Ant-coccid mutualism in citrus canopies and its effect on natural enemies of red scale, Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)

2013 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.T. Dao ◽  
A. Meats ◽  
G.A.C. Beattie ◽  
R. Spooner-Hart
Keyword(s):  
Natural Enemies ◽  
New South ◽  
Predation Rate ◽  
The Other ◽  
Aonidiella Aurantii ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Black Scale ◽  
Saissetia Oleae ◽  
Citrus Orchards ◽  
Low Incidence

AbstractMutualistic relationships between honeydew-producing insects and ants have been widely recognized for several decades. Iridomyrmex rufoniger (Lowne) is the commonest ant species associated with black scale, Saissetia oleae (Olivier), in the citrus orchards of the mid latitudes of coastal New South Wales. Citrus trees with high densities of both red and black scale and high ant activity were identified and the results of excluding ants from half of those trees (using a polybutene band on each trunk) were compared with the results of not excluding ants from the other half. Trees with a low incidence of black scale and ants were also studied. Exclusion of ants from trees was soon followed by collapse of black scale populations because most individuals were asphyxiated by their own honeydew. Also, parasitism of the red scale by Encarsia perniciosi (Tower) and Encarsia citrina Craw was significantly higher than in the control trees over the following year, as was the predation rate on red scale due to three coccinellid predators, Halmus chalybeus (Boisduval), Rhyzobius hirtellus Crotch and Rhyzobius lophanthae (Blaisdell). In contrast, another coccinellid, Orcus australasiae (Boisduval), and a noctuid moth larva, Mataeomera dubia Butler, were seen in low numbers on banded (ant exclusion) trees, probably because of the low availability of their black scale prey, but were significantly higher on control trees apparently because of their invulnerability to ants.

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