We examined the role of chemical signals in sex attraction of pear psylla, Cacopsylla pyricola (Förster), assessing the response of summerform male and female psyllids to maleand female-produced volatile chemicals. Male psyllids were attracted to odors from live females and pentane extracts of females. Extracts of females were as attractive to males as live females, suggesting that the female-p...

Cacopsylla pyri L. (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) je jedan od najvažnijih gospodarskih štetnika kruške. S obzirom na nove smjernice o održivoj uporabi pesticida i smanjenja rizika negativnih učinaka stalno se iznalaze nova, ekološki prihvatljiva rješenja u zaštiti bilja. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio utvrditi utjecaj biostimulatora povećanje otpornosti kruške intenzitet napada kruškine buhe. Istraživanje ...

This study focused on conservation biological control of pear psylla, Cacopsylla pyricola, in the Pacific Northwest, USA. We hypothesized that insecticides applied against the primary insect pest, codling moth Cydia pomonella, negatively impact natural enemies of pear psylla, thus causing outbreaks of this secondary pest. Hence, the objective of this study was to understand how codling moth man...

A molecular tool, focused on the mitochondrial Control Region (CR), was developed to discriminate the two hawthorn-feeding psyllid species, Cacopsylla melanoneura (Förster) and C. affinis (Löw), and to estimate their frequencies in mixed populations. The test was carried out in paired and single-tube amplifications and validated analysing 52 male specimens previously determined by morphological...