The current status of the biocontrol of Ceroplastes destructor Newstead (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on Citrus and Syzygium in South Africa

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 339-352

  Wakgari, W M ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aprostocetus ceroplastae; Ceroplastes destructor; Citrus reticulata; Density dependence; Parasitoids; Predators; Syzygium malaccensis

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; BODY SIZE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG LAYING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PARASITISM; PREDATION; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; PARASITOID; PEST SPECIES; PREDATOR;

SOUTH AFRICA;

APROSTOCETUS; CEROPLASTES DESTRUCTOR; CITRUS; CITRUS RETICULATA; COCCIDAE; EUGENIA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SYZYGIUM; TETRASTICHUS;

EID: 0034954918     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150120055745     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Parasitism of Florida wax scale, Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock, on citrus in Israel
2. The biology of Ceroplastes sinoiae Hall, with special reference to the ecdysis and the morphology of the test
3. Life history of Tetrastichus ceroplastae (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a parasite of the Florida wax scale, Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock (Homoptera: Coccidae), in Israel
4. A comparative biological study of three Ceroplastes species (Hemiptera: Coccidae) and their natural enemies
5. Methods of colonization, recovery and evaluation
6. Experimental techniques for evaluation of the effectiveness of natural enemies
7. Management of insect pests
8. Population dynamics of Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) in Eastern Ontario
9. Aggregation in predators and insect parasitoids and its effect on stability
10. Size and fecundity of soft wax scale (Ceroplastes destructor) and Chinese wax scale (C. sinensis) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on citrus
11. The role of parasitoids and entomopathogenic fungi in mortality of third instar and adult Ceroplastes destructor and C. sinensis (Hemiptera: Coccidae: Ceroplastinae) on citrus in New Zealand
12. Outbreaks of pink wax scale, Ceroplastes rubens Maskell (Hemiptera: Coccidae), on umbrella trees in south-eastern Queensland: Patterns of parasitisation
13. An appraisal of two methods of analyzing insect life tables
14. The effect of watering regime on immature states of Ceroplastes destructor Newstead (Hemiptera: Coccidae)
15. The regulation of European spruce sawfly numbers in the Maritime Provinces of Canada from 1937 to 1963
16. The phenology of soft wax scale Ceroplastes destructor (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on tangelo in Kerikeri
17. An illustrated guide to the parasitic wasps associated with citrus pests in the Republic of South Africa
18. Taxonomy of wax scales (Hemiptera: Coccidae: Ceroplastinae) in Australia
19. The Hymenopterous parasites of soft scales on citrus in Israel
20. Population persistence and density dependence
21. Agents introduced into Australia for the biological control of Gascardia destructor (Newstead) (Hemiptera: Coccidae)
22. White wax scale and its control
23. The seasonal history of Gascardia destructor (Newstead) in Queensland
24. Prospects for biological control of white wax scale (Gascardia destructor) in Australia by South African natural enemies
25. Ceroplastes sinensis del Guercio, a wax scale new to Australia
26. Meaning of density-dependence and related terms in population dynamics
27. Recent advances in insect population dynamics
28. Description of the stages of the white wax scale, Ceroplastes destructor Newstead (Hemiptera: Coccidae)
29. Fecundity, fertility and phenology of the white wax scale, Ceroplastes destructor Newstead (Hemiptera: Coccidae), on Citrus and Syzygium in South Africa
30. Effects of some conventional insecticides and insect growth regulators on different phenological stages of the white wax scale, Ceroplastes destructor Newstead (Hemiptera: Coccidae), and its primary parasitoid, Aprostocetus ceroplastae (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
31. Spatial density dependence in parasitoids