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Use of Sugar Dispensers at Lower Density Can Decrease Mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) Infestation in Vineyards by Disrupting Ants.

Giovanni Burgio, Serena Magagnoli, Luca Casoli, Marco Profeta, Donato Antonio Grasso, Enrico Schifani, Daniele Giannetti, Martina Parrilli

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Article in Insects, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Giovanni BurgioDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy.
Serena MagagnoliDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5276-4649
Luca CasoliConsorzio Fitosanitario Provinciale di Reggio Emilia, 42124 Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Marco ProfetaConsorzio Fitosanitario Provinciale di Reggio Emilia, 42124 Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Donato Antonio GrassoDepartment of Chemical Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9334-4280
Enrico SchifaniDepartment of Chemical Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0684-6229
Daniele GiannettiDepartment of Chemical Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1622-1329
Martina ParrilliDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy.

Funding

Field trials were funded by Cantine Riunite & Civ (Italy) and RINOVA (Cesena, Italy). No grant number
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vineyard mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) are economic pests in vineyards, demanding integrated control strategies. Several ant species can facilitate mealybug infestation by protecting them from natural enemies in a mutualistic relationship known as trophobiosis. In the frame of an ant management system, the provision of sugary liquid has proved worldwide to improve mealybug control. In the present study, a field trial was carried out within an important vineyard cultivation area of northern Italy with the aim of testing a lower density (80/ha) of sugar dispenser to facilitate the practicality of this method. The sugar dispensers tested, along with predators and parasitoid release, were effective in reducing mealybug infestations by 22% and resulted in a double increase in larval density of the predator

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Anagyrus vladimiribiological controlCryptolaemus mountrouzieriFormicidaePseudococcus comstocki

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PMID40429181
PMCPMC12112244

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