Brown Citrus Aphid page 2
Generalized Life Cycle in Florida (darker colors shows population serge in citrus):
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Wingless adults |
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Lg. pop. spring flush 10-16 days |
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Large nymph population summer flush 7-10 days, flush timing environmental |
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Lg. pop. fall flush 10-16 days |
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Winged adults |
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most common after flush over |
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REFERENCES:
- Prepared by Cherry Chandler, Arizona Department of Agriculture
Brown, L. G. and S. E. Halbert , Brown Citrus Aphid, Featured Creatures, Document # EENY-007, University of Florida, Cooperative Extension, October 1996; web-site.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/p dffiles/IN/IN13300.pdf
Brown Citrus Aphid, Fact Sheet – 41 ; USDA- APHIS- PPQ; CAPS Program; Photo: W. Hunter, USDA and Amie Smith, DPI; November 1995; web-site http://www.ceris.purdue.ed u/napis/pests/bca/facts.txt
Fasulo, T. R. and S. E. Halbert; Aphid Pests of Citrus ENY-811, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agriculture UF/IFAS, Cooperative Extension; reviewed August 2003; web-site. http://edi s.ifas.ufl.edu/CH055
Gelski, Jeff ; Attacking from All Angles; The Grower Magazine; 02//04 web-site.
http://www.growermagazine.com/home/05-03Browncitrus.html
Gordon’s Aphid Page; Earth-life Web Publications; January 2004 web-site. http://www.earthlife.net/insects/aphids.html#2
Halbert, Susan E. and Lawrence G. Brown ; Brown Citrus Aphid; drawings: Amie Smith, DPI; Featured Creatures; University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences; FL Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; October 1996; web-site. http://creatures.if as.ufl.edu/citrus/b c_aphid.htm
Hoy, Marjorie A. and Ru Nguyen, Classical Biological Control of Brown Citrus Aphid: Release of Lipolexis scutellaris ; University of Florida Entomology and Nematology; Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; IPM Florida; 02/04 web-site. http://biocontrol.ifas.ufl.edu/ctgysrch/citrus/Brown_citrus_aphid_hoy.htm
Tsai, James H., Richard F. Lee, Ying-hong Liu and C. L. Niblett; Biology and Control of Brown Citrus Aphid (Toxoptera citricida Kirkaldy) and Citrus Tristeza ; Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, IFAS; University of Florida, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Citrus Research and Education Center, IFAS, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL, Department of Plant Pathology, IAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL http://www.ipmworld.umn.edu/chapters/tsaietal.htm
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