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Biological Control in Pest Management Systems of Plants

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Weeds Arthropods

Brassicas:
(1) Alliaria petiolata, (2) Isatis tinctoria, (3) Lepidium (=Cardaria) draba, (4) Lepidium latifolium.

Gorse and Broom
(1) Ulex europaeus, (2) Cytisus spp., (3) Genista monspessulana, (4) Spartium junceum.

Knapweeds
(1) Acroptilon repens, (2) Centaurea stoebe subsp. micranthos, (3) Centaurea diffusa, (4) Centaurea solstitialis, (5) Centaurea squarrosa, (6) Centaurea virgata spp. squarrosa.

Purple Loosestrife
(1) Lythrum salicaria

Saltcedars
(1) Tamarix ramosissima, (2) Tamarix spp.

Spurges
(1) Euphorbia esula, (2) Euphorbia virgata

Thistles
(1) Carduus nutans, (2) Carduus tenuiflorus, (3) Cirsium arvense, (4) Cirsium vulgare, (5) Carduus pycnocephalus, (6) Onopordum spp.

Tumbleweeds
(1) Salsola australis, (2)
Salsola paulsenii, (3) Salsola tragus.

Other weeds
(1) Arundo donax, (2) Hieracium spp., (3) Chondrilla juncea, (4) Conium maculatum, (5) Convolvulus arvensis, (6) Cynoglossum officinale, (7) Phragmites australis, (8) Delairea odorata, (9) Dipsacus laciniatus, (10) Galium aparine, (11) Tanacetum vulgare, (12) Hypericum perforatum, (13) Isatis tinctoria, (14) Linaria genistifolia spp. dalmatica, (15) Linaria genistifolia, (16) Linaria vulgaris, (17) Peganum harmala, (18) Potentilla recta, (19) Elaeagnus angustifolia (20) Tribulus terrestris, (21) Salvia aethiopis, (22) Salvinia molesta, (23) Senecio jacobaea, (24) Tanacetum vulgare, (25) Unspecified species.

 

 

 

Aphids
(1) Acyrothosiphon pisum, (2) Aphis craccivora, (3) Aphis gossypii, (4) Hyalopterus pruni, (5) Melanocallis caryaefoliae, (6) Monellia caryella, (7) Monelliopsis pecanis, (8) Pentalonia nigronervosa, (9) Toxoptera citricida, (10) Myzocallis walshii, (11) Diuraphis noxia, (12) Myzus persicae, (13) Unspecified species

Beetles
(1) Hypera postica, (2) Ceutorhynchus obstrictus, (3) Diabrotica virgifera virgifera, (4) Lilioceris lilii, (5) Oulema melanopus, (6) Unspecified species.

True Bugs
(1) Anasa tristis, (2) Erythroneura variabilis, (3) Leptoglossus clypealis, (4) Lygus spp., (5) Nezara viridula, (6) Unspecified species.

Lepidoptera
(1) Acropsis muxnoriella, (2) Adoaophyes orana, (3) Amyelois transitella, (4) Anarsia lineatella, (5) Choristoneura rosaceana, (6) Cydia pomonella, (7) Heliothis zea, (8) Marmara spp., (9) Pandemis limitata, (10) Pandemis heparana, (11) Pectinophora gossypiella, (12) Phyllocnistis citrella, (13) Plutella xylostella, (14) Acrolepiopsis assectella, (15) Enarmonia formosana, (16) Spodoptera exigua, (17) Unspecified species

Scales & Mealybugs
(1) Aonidiella aurantii, (2) Coccus pseudomagnoliarum, (3) Dysmicoccus brevipes, (4) Dysmicoccus neobrevipes, (5) Glycaspis brimblecombei, (6) Maconellicoccus hirsustus, (7) Planococus ficus, (8) Pseudococcus maritimus, (9) Pseudococcus viburni, (10) Quadraspidiosus perniciosus, (11) Saissetia oleae, (12) Icerya seychellarum, (13) Aspidiotus destructor, (14) Unspecified species. 

Tephritid Fruit Flies
(1) Bactrocera cucurbitae, (2) Bactrocera dorsalis, (3) Bactrocera latifrons, (4) Bactrocera oleae, (5) Ceratitis capitata, (6) Unspecified species.

Whiteflies
(1) Bemisia spp., (2) Aleurodicus dugesii, (3) Paraleyrodes spp., (4) Unspecified species.

Other Arthropods
(1) Cacopsylla pyricola, (2) Cephus cinctus, (3) Eucayptolyma maideni, (4) Delia radicum, (5) Homalodisca vitripennis (=coagulata), (6) Quadrastichus erythrinae, (7) Liriomyza trifolii, (8) Scirtothrips perseae. (9) Tetranychus urticae, (10) Frankliniella occidentalis, (11) Unspecified species.

 


 

   

 

     
   

 

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