Aluminum Foil and White Polyethylene Mulches to Repel Aphids and Control Watermelon Mosaic1

Adlerz, W. C.; Everett, P. H.

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“…different materials applied to cover the soil around crop plants, reduce the number of alighting aphids, and are able to reduce the incidence of aphid-transmitted virus diseases. The materials applied included aluminium, and white, black or differently coloured (blue, green, silver, and gold) plastic mulch (Dickson and Laird 1966;Adlerz and Everett 1968;Heathcote 1968;Kring 1970;Daiber and Donaldson 1976;Eulitz 1977;Wyman et al 1979;Liburd et al 1998;Yoltas et al 2001;and references in Dö ring et al 2004).…”

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“…In the investigations on the use of mulch for protection of plants from virus diseases, three features were often stated: (1) The higher the percentage of soil covered with mulch the higher the efficiency (e.g., Adlerz and Everett 1968;Lehmhus 2001); (2) The efficiency of the mulch decreases over the growing season along with the increasing canopy of the plant (e.g., Brust 2000); (3) The comparably high costs of mulching are only economically justified in high value crops or when severe losses occur regularly due to virus diseases (e.g., Brust 2000). Finally, there is a recent report on the use of UV absorbing fabric (netting and plastics) in greenhouses for aphid control (Kumar and Poehling 2006).…”

Section: Agricultural Implications: Optimisation Of Aphid Monitoring mentioning

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Visual ecology of aphids—a critical review on the role of colours in host finding

Döring

Chittka

2007

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

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We review the rich literature on behavioural responses of aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) to stimuli of different colours. Only in one species there are adequate physiological data on spectral sensitivity to explain behaviour crisply in mechanistic terms. Because of the great interest in aphid responses to coloured targets from an evolutionary, ecological and applied perspective, there is a substantial need to expand these studies to more species of aphids, and to quantify spectral properties of stimuli rigorously. We show that aphid responses to colours, at least for some species, are likely based on a specific colour opponency mechanism, with positive input from the green domain of the spectrum and negative input from the blue and/ or UV region. We further demonstrate that the usual yellow preference of aphids encountered in field experiments is not a true colour preference but involves additional brightness effects. We discuss the implications for agriculture and sensory ecology, with special respect to the recent debate on autumn leaf colouration. We illustrate that recent evolutionary theories concerning aphid-tree interactions imply far-reaching assumptions on aphid responses to colours that are not likely to hold. Finally we also discuss the implications for developing and optimising strategies of aphid control and monitoring.

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Visual ecology of aphids—a critical review on the role of colours in host finding

Döring

Chittka

2007

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

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“…Our previous results ) also found that green mulch was the most attractive for M. persicae. According to Adlerz & Everett (1968) and Wolfenbarger & Moore (1968), yellow and, to a lesser degree, orange mulches attracted M. persicae. Straw mulch was also attractive to the sowthistle aphid H. lactucae in this study, whereas white and green mulches were selected as attractive to this species in Zanic et al (2009).…”

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“…Thus, A. pisum was present in low abundance on brown mulch, whereas M. persicae was most numerous on green mulch and less attracted to black, brown and clear mulches. According to Adlerz & Everett (1968) and Wolfenbarger & Moore (1968), yellow and, to a lesser degree, orange mulches attracted M. persicae, whereas aluminium and silver mulches repelled this pest. Döring et al (2004) noted that catches of M. persicae in green water traps were highest on bare soil, followed by dark green mulch, and lowest in traps on a white or silver background.…”

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Aphid populations (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) depend of mulching in watermelon production in the Mediterranean region of Croatia

Žanić

Ban

Čuljak

et al. 2013

Span. j. agric. res.

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Winged morphs of aphids were investigated under field conditions during 2008, 2010 and 2011 in the Mediterranean region of Croatia. Field experiments were conducted to record aphid diversity and compare polyethylene black mulch to straw mulch and bare soil in terms of their attractiveness to aphid species in a watermelon crop. Aphids were collected weekly using yellow water metal traps from May to July. During the study, 44 species in 31 genera were detected; 36 species in 24 genera were identified in 2008, 18 species in 15 genera were identified in 2010, and 34 species in 25 genera were identified in 2011. The overall seasonal percentage composition showed that Aphis fabae Scopoli and Myzus persicae (Sulzer) were consistently eudominant species, whereas Acyrtosiphon pisum (Harris) was consistently dominant. Cabbage aphid Brevicoryne brassicae (L.) was determined as the dominant species in 2008 and as eudominant species in 2011. Additionally, Macrosiphum rosae (L.) was twice recorded as the dominant species, whereas Aphis gossipii Glover was dominant once, and Phorodon humuli (Schrank) was eudominant once. Our study also demonstrated that mulching sporadically affected the abundance of individual species. The attractiveness of mulching for aphid species differed between the treatments. It was found that bare soil was attractive to A. pisum and M. rosae, black mulch was attractive to B. helichrysi and P. humuli, and straw mulch was attractive to four aphid species, of which two were eudominant, A. fabae and M. persicae. The presented species are mostly polyphagous, and their preference for certain mulches can be used in crop protection management.

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“…As medidas de controle geralmente recomendadas para essa virose, especialmente nas espécies que não incorporam genes de resistência ou tolerân-cia, incluem a eliminação de hospedeiras do vírus contidas na vegetação espontânea que ocorre pró-ximas da área de plantio, programas de controle de afídeos vetores com inseticidas, pulverizações com óleos minerais e uso de substâncias refletoras (Adlerz & Everett, 1968;Chalfant et al, 1977;Brown et al, 1993;Orozco et al, 1994;Summers et al, 1995), que no geral não atingem o objetivo desejado, além de algumas serem economicamente inviáveis em certos casos. Estudos recentes mostram que, no caso da abobrinha-de-moita, que é altamente sensível à virose, a premunização com estirpes fracas do vírus oferece um controle eficiente da doença em campo, com ganhos significativos na produção de frutos comerciais (Rezende, 1996).…”

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Efeitos da premunização da abóbora 'Menina Brasileira' com estirpes fracas do vírus-do-mosaico-do-mamoeiro - estirpe melancia

Rezende

Pacheco

Iemma

1999

Pesq. agropec. bras.

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RESUMO -Neste trabalho avaliou-se o efeito da premunização com duas estirpes fracas do vírus-domosaico-do-mamoeiro -estirpe melancia (papaya ringspot virus -type W, PRSV-W), combinada com a tolerância das plantas, no controle do mosaico e na produtividade da abóbora Menina Brasileira. Testes realizados em casa de vegetação mostraram que as plantas dessa cultivar premunizadas com as estirpes fracas PRSV-W-1 e 2 ficaram totalmente protegidas contra a infecção por uma estirpe severa de Campinas. Em condições de campo avaliou-se comparativamente a produção de plantas premunizadas, infectadas com a estirpe severa de Campinas, e sadias e expostas à infecção natural (controle). A proteção foi medida com base na produção individual das plantas, cujos frutos foram classificados em comerciais e não-comerciais. As plantas premunizadas tiveram uma produção média de frutos comerciais (peso) 33% superior à daquelas naturalmente infectadas em campo. Quanto ao número de frutos comerciais, o aumento foi da ordem de 50%. A premunização combinada com a tolerância da abóbora Menina Brasileira permitiu um melhor controle do mosaico, com ganhos na produção de frutos comerciais.Termos para indexação: Cucurbita moschata, controle de doença. EFFECTS OF CROSS PROTECTION WITH MILD STRAINS OF PRSV-W ON MENINA BRASILEIRA SQUASHABSTRACT -Cross protection with mild strains combined with tolerance was evaluated for control of papaya ringspot virus -type W (PRSV-W) in squash cultivar Menina Brasileira. Tests carried out in the greenhouse showed that plants premunized with PRSV-W-1 and 2 mild strains were protected against infection with a severe strain of the virus. Protection in the field was evaluated comparing plants premunized with the mild strains, plants infected with severe strains and healthy plants exposed to natural infection (control). Protection index was obtained through yield of marketable and non marketable fruits harvested from individual plants. Average yield (weight) of marketable fruits from protected plants was approximately 33% higher than that of naturally infected plants in the field. Combination of mild strain protection and tolerance of Menina Brasileira provided a better disease control with a significant increase of fruit yield.

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Aluminum Foil and White Polyethylene Mulches to Repel Aphids and Control Watermelon Mosaic1

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Visual ecology of aphids—a critical review on the role of colours in host finding

Visual ecology of aphids—a critical review on the role of colours in host finding

Aphid populations (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) depend of mulching in watermelon production in the Mediterranean region of Croatia

Efeitos da premunização da abóbora 'Menina Brasileira' com estirpes fracas do vírus-do-mosaico-do-mamoeiro - estirpe melancia

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