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A Simulation model for the arrowhead scale (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) population dynamics on citrus trees in relation to pest-management programs

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Researches on Population Ecology

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    A mathematical model was constructed describing population dynamics of the arrowhead scale,Unaspis yanonensis Kuwana. The population occurrence patterns simulated by the model from 1971 to 1976 were relatively consistent with the actual findings in the field.

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    The effects of control tactics for this pest were examined on the basis of the model.

  3. 3.

    Effective timing of insecticide (petroleum oil and organophosphorous insecticide) application was indicated to be 40 days after the initial appearance of 1st-instar nymphs in both the 1st and 2nd generations of the host.

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    The number of overwintering adult females in May of the next year (i.e., the starting point of the next year’s population) decreased linearly with the increment in the degree of insecticide coverage. The pest populations were expected to be kept to low densities by petroleum oil sprays alone for the 1st generation when overall, complete coverage was accomplished.

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    Examination of the effects of two introduced parasitoids,Aphytis yanonensis andCoccobius fulvus, showed that they were able to control the scale population by themselves when more than 70% parasitism was achieved. When petroleum oil was applied to overwintering adults (termed winter petroleum oil) at the degree of coverage of 0.8, host populations were reduced by ca. 60% parasitism. When the winter petroleum oil was combined either with additional petroleum oil 40 days after the initial appearance of 1st-instar nymphs of the 1st generation or with an organophosphorous insecticide 40 days after the initial appearance of 1st-instar nymphs of the 2nd generation (degree of coverage=0.8 in each case), 40% parasitism led the reduction of the pest population.

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    The most desirable control program was considered to be one in which winter petroleum oil was used every year and additional petroleum oil or an organophosphorous insecticide was also used in those years when host density was high.

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  1. Okitsu Branch, Fruit Tree Research Station, MAFF, Okitsu, Shimizu, 424-02, Shizuoka, Japan

    Ishizue Adachi

  2. Fruit Tree Research Station, Research Planning and Coordination Division, Fujimoto, 305, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Ryoji Korenaga

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Adachi, I., Korenaga, R. A Simulation model for the arrowhead scale (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) population dynamics on citrus trees in relation to pest-management programs. Res Popul Ecol 34, 155–171 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02513528

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