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Diversity of arthropods in citrus orchards of Sargodha, Pakistan: Use of different trapping techniques

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Citrus is one of the major fruit crops worldwide due to its contribution to food security. Citrus orchards serve as a habitat for arthropods plethora including beneficial and harmful arthropods. Extensive field surveys were conducted to assess the diversity and abundance of arthropods from citrus plantations at six tehsils (Kotmomin, Bhalwal, Silanwali, Shahpur, Sahiwal, and Sargodha) of district Sargodha. Different traps were installed for the collection of arthropods i.e., pitfall, yellow pan, yellow sticky cards, and soil sampling. The traps were visited after every two weeks for the collection of arthropods for two consecutive years. The relative abundance of Pseudococcidae was higher (0.35%) followed by Scarabaeidae (0.14%), Carabidae (0.07%), and Chrysomelidae (0.07%) in pitfall traps. In the case of the yellow pan, the abundance of Nitidulidae (0.27%), Psyllidae (0.17%), Tetranychidae (0.23%), and Aphididae (0.09%) was higher compared to other families. Similarly, Psyllidae (0.60%), Aleyrodidae (0.25%), and Aphididae (0.24%) families of arthropods were abundant when yellow sticky cards were used. While from the soil samples, more individuals from Isotomidae (0.41%), Oribatulidae (0.39%), and Hypogastruridae (0.27%) families were collected. Based on the extensive surveys, a total of 50,966.5 citrus-associated arthropods were collected during 2018-2019, among which 20,873 were Coleopterans belonging to 7 different families. Our findings provide the baseline information for the development of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) measures against insect pests in citrus orchards to increase our citrus production.

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The research leading to these results received funding from National Research Program for Universities, Higher Education Commission Pakistan under Grant Agreement No. 6698/Punjab/NRPU/R&D/HEC/2015.

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    Muhammad Irfan Ullah, Muhammad Arshad, Asad Abdullah, Nimra Altaf & Syed Muhammad Ali Zahid

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Ullah, M.I., Arshad, M., Abdullah, A. et al. Diversity of arthropods in citrus orchards of Sargodha, Pakistan: Use of different trapping techniques. Int J Trop Insect Sci 43, 1797–1809 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-023-01086-4

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