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Life tables for the guava psyllid Triozoida limbata in southeastern Brazil

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The aim of this study was to identify, quantify, and determine the importance of biological control agents of the psyllid Triozoida limbata (Enderlein) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Triozidae). Ecological life tables were developed during four periods to determine the critical stage and key mortality factors of this pest. Predation and parasitism were found to be the two major factors driving the population dynamics of this pest. The major predators of eggs and nymphs of first and second instars were coccinellids, predatory thrips, lacewings, ants, and spiders, while the major predators of third, fourth, and fifth instars were several species of predatory wasps and syrphids. The endoparasitoid Psyllaephagus sp. (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitized fifth instar psyllids. The fifth instar was found to be the critical mortality stage of T. limbata, and key mortality factors include the parasitoid Psyllaephagus sp. and predatory wasps.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank the Brazilian National Council of Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), CAPES Foundation (Brazilian Ministry of Education), Minas Gerais State Foundation for Research Aid (FAPEMIG), Foundation for Research and Technological Innovation Aid (FAPITEC), and Northeast Bank (BNB) for scholarships and funds granted. Appreciation is also expressed to Dr. Daniel Burckhardt, Dr. Lúcia Massutti de Almeida, and Dr. Angélica Maria Penteado-Dias for their roles in identifying the insects.

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  1. Altair Arlindo Semeão

    Present address: Du Pont do Brasil S/A–Divisão Pioneer Sementes, Unidade de Pesquisa e Beneficiamento, Zona Rural Santos Dumont, Lote 50, Rodovia DF 250 km 20, BrasÍlia, DF, 73310-970, Brazil

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  1. Departamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Campus Universitário s/n, Viçosa, MG, 36571-000, Brazil

    Altair Arlindo Semeão, Júlio Cláudio Martins, Marcelo Coutinho Picanço & Jander Fagundes Rosado

  2. Departamento de Fitotecnia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, 36571-000, Brazil

    Cláudio Hurst Bruckner

  3. Departamento de Engenharia Agronômica, Universidade Federal do Sergipe, Aracaju, SE, 49100-000, Brazil

    Leandro Bacci

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Arlindo Semeão, A., Martins, J.C., Picanço, M.C. et al. Life tables for the guava psyllid Triozoida limbata in southeastern Brazil. BioControl 57, 779–788 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-012-9458-y

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