First Report ofHeilus freyreissi(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Attacking Avocado and Associated withColletotricumsp. in Brazil
| Autor: | Lucas Machado Gonçalves Machado, Ézio Marques da Silva, Diarly Sebastião dos Reis, Flávio Lemes Fernandes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0106 biological sciences
Persea biology media_common.quotation_subject fungi food and beverages Insect Lauraceae Fungus medicine.disease_cause biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences 010602 entomology Horticulture Inflorescence Insect Science Curculionidae Infestation medicine PEST analysis Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 010606 plant biology & botany media_common |
| Zdroj: | Florida Entomologist. 101:317-320 |
| ISSN: | 1938-5102 0015-4040 |
| DOI: | 10.1653/024.101.0225 |
| Popis: | Curculionid beetles are significant pests of avocado trees (Persea americana [Lauraceae]). Adults of Heilus freyreissi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) are reported for the first time on avocado trees, feeding on the tender lateral branches, the central leaf vein, inflorescences, peduncles, and fruits at the beginning of development. These injuries were consistently associated with symptoms of anthracnose disease caused by the fungus Colletotrichum sp. Thus, infestation of this insect may be of great economic significance in avocado production, because of its ability to attack various plant organs as well as it being a vector of the pathogen Colletotrichum sp. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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