Cellophane tape with adhesive on both sides to monitor the emergence of armoured scale crawlers in Eastern Sicily lemon orchards.

Aphytis melinus augmentative realeases to contain red scale infestation in eastern sicily tarocco orange orcherds

Influenza di diverse tipologie di conduzione aziendale sulla composizione specifica e la dinamica delle popolazioni dei fitoseidi associati agli agrumi.

Surveys of phytoseiid mites were carried out in three lemon orchards in Sicily. The three orchards had different farm management and different environmental conditions: A) traditionally farm managed; B) organic farm managed; C) in state of neglect. The aim was to determine the specific composition of the above different types of orchards and to compare their population dynamics in order to obtain information on the influence of the different agricultural practices on the phytoseiid fauna. After two years of weekly samplings it can be assessed that no substancial differences were found in the phytoseiid specific composition among the three types of orchards. On the other hand, differences, s…