NATURAL ENEMIES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON APPLE APHID, APHIS-POMI DEGEER (HOMOPTERA, APHIDIDAE), COLONIES ON YOUNG APPLE-TREES IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON
NATURAL ENEMIES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON APPLE APHID, APHIS-POMI DEGEER (HOMOPTERA, APHIDIDAE), COLONIES ON YOUNG APPLE-TREES IN CENTRAL WASHINGTON
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DOI:
10.1093/ee/13.2.469
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
HOYT, SC
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作者:
CARROLL, DP;HOYT, SC
Predators (39) and 2 parasitoids attacked apple aphid, A. pomi DeGeer, in northcentral Washington. Exclusiion-cage experiments were conducted to determine the effectiveness of natural enemies. Early-spring control depended on aphidiid parasitoids which killed but failed to complete development in A. pomi. Poor synchrony between A. pomi and its major predators in most years resulted in a month-long predator gap, allowing rapid aphid colony growth in June. Ground faunal predators including Forficulidae, Nabidae, Lygaeidae and Phalangiidae helped to slow aphid population growth during this period. Terminal bud set usually occurred in July on mature trees, greatly reducing aphid populations, but young trees sometimes continued growing, allowing buildup of large aphid populations. These were preyed upon by large numbers of Coccinellidae, Chrysopidae, Miridae, Syrphidae and Chamaemyiidae, which provided control of varying effectiveness. Important sources of effective apple aphid predators were peach orchards, riparian trees and shrubs, some urban ornamental plants, and weeds. Sage-chaparral and pear orchard habitats produced primarily ineffective apple aphid predators. Field feeding trials in single-leaf cages were used to estimate feeding rates of most of the predators.