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IPM Strategies for Citrus

Citrus: Natural Enemies

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<h3>Natural Enemies of Citrus Insect Pests</h3>
<h4>Parasitoids</h4>
<p><img title="Parasitoids_Citrus" alt="Parasitoids_Citrus" height="420" src="https://static.vikaspedia.in/media/images_en/agriculture/crop-production/integrated-pest-managment/ipm-for-fruit-crops/ipm-strategies-for-citrus/Parasitoids_Citrus.jpg" class="image-inline" width="680" /></p>
<h4>Predators</h4>
<p><img title="Predators_Citrus" alt="Predators_Citrus" height="420" src="https://static.vikaspedia.in/media/images_en/agriculture/crop-production/integrated-pest-managment/ipm-for-fruit-crops/ipm-strategies-for-citrus/Predators_Citrus.jpg" class="image-inline" width="680" /></p>
<h3>Flowering plants that attract natural enemies/repel pests</h3>
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<td class="xl65" height="20" width="362"><strong>Natural   enemies</strong></td>
<td class="xl65" width="404"><strong>Attractant / Repellent / Trap   Plants</strong></td>
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<td class="xl66" colspan="2" height="20"><strong>Citrus aphid</strong></td>
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<td class="xl67" height="123" width="362"><strong>Predators:</strong> Lacewings, hover flies, coccinellids, birds, earwigs, some ground beetles   and rove beetles, and spiders</td>
<td class="xl69" width="404">• <strong>Attractant plant: </strong>Carrot   family, sunflower family, marigold, buckwheat, (syrphid, predatory mite,   lacewing, minute pirate bug, samsel bug and ladybird beetle)<br /> • Nectar rich plants with small flowers i.e. dill and mustard (Aphid   parasite and Braconid wasp)<br /> • Sunflower, buckwheat and cowpea (Braconid wasp)<br /></td>
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<td class="xl66" colspan="2" height="20"><strong>Citrus black fly</strong></td>
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<td class="xl69" height="59" width="362">• <strong> Parasitoids:</strong> Encarsia formosa, Eretmocerus spp. (Pupal)<br /> •<strong> Predators:</strong> Chrysoperla zastrowi sillemi, coccinellids, spiders<br /></td>
<td class="xl68">• <strong>Attractant plant:</strong> French bean (Predatory thrips)</td>
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<td class="xl66" colspan="2" height="20"><strong>Citrus psylla</strong></td>
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<td class="xl69" height="84" width="362">•   <strong>Parasitoids:</strong> Tamarixia radiata, Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis (nymphal and   adult)<br /> •<strong> Predators: </strong>Chrysoperla zastrowi sillemi, coccinellids, syrphids<br /></td>
<td class="xl69" width="404">• <strong>Attractant plants: </strong>Carrot   family, sunflower family, buckwheat, alfalfa, (minute pirate bug, lacewing,   syrphids)</td>
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<td class="xl66" colspan="2" height="20"><strong>Mealy bug</strong></td>
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<td class="xl69" height="40" width="362">•   <strong>Predators:</strong> Parasitic wasps, hover flies, ladybugs or mealy bug destroyers   (Cryptolaemus montrouzieri)</td>
<td class="xl68">• <strong>Attractant plants: </strong>Coriander attracts wasps.</td>
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<td class="xl66" colspan="2" height="20"><strong>Citrus butterfly</strong></td>
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<td class="xl69" height="83" width="362">•   <strong>Parasitoids:</strong>Trichogramma evanescens, Telenomus spp., (egg), Brachymeria sp   (larval), Pterolus sp. (pupal)</td>
<td class="xl69" width="404">• <strong>Attractant plants:</strong> Carrot   family, sunflower family, buckwheat, alfalfa, shrubs (Lace wing)<br /> • Nectar rich plants with small flowers i.e. dill, mustard, sunflower,   buckwheat and cowpea (Braconid wasp)<br /></td>
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<h3>IPM for Citrus</h3>
<p>To know the IPM practices for Citrus, <a class="internal-link" target="_blank" href="http://vikaspedia.in/agriculture/crop-production/integrated-pest-managment/ipm-for-fruit-crops/ipm-strategies-for-citrus/crop-stage-wise-ipm">click here.</a></p>
<p><strong>Source:</strong> <a class="ext-link-icon external-link" href="http://niphm.gov.in/IPMPackages/Citrus.pdf" target="_blank" title="niphm.gov.in (External website that opens in new window)"><i>NIPHM</i></a> and <a class="ext-link-icon external-link" href="http://ppqs.gov.in/" target="_blank" title="ppqs.gov.in (External website that opens in new window)"><i>Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine &amp; Storage</i></a></p>
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