Survey of Trogoderma spp. in Spanish mills and warehouses
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Fecha de publicación
2020-08-02ISSN
0022-474X
Resumen
The distribution of Trogoderma granarium Everts has expanded steadily in recent years. This is a very destructive coleopteran species with many economic implications for the trade of grains in countries where it is present. Therefore, it is important to gather data that can confirm or reject the pest’s establishment in a particular country. Spain has been cited as a location where the species is established; however, the present study demonstrates that no actual data support its stablishment in Spain. We surveyed fifteen storage premises (mills and warehouses for animal feed, wheat, and rice) distributed along the Iberian Peninsula over two years. We used traps baited with Trogoderma spp. sex pheromone to conduct the survey. Collected samples were morphologically and molecularly identified, since the morphological identification of this species is difficult. Although we found populations of T. inclusum in most of the sampled premises, and even T. variabile in one of them, no T. granarium was found in any of them. Abundant samples of other coleopterans were captured in the traps, including Oryzaephilus surinamensis, Tribolium spp., Sitophilus spp., Cryptolestes ferrugineus, Lasioderma serricorne and Rhyzopertha dominica. In conclusion, no T. granarium was found in our samplings in Spain
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English
Materias (CDU)
632 - Enfermedades y protección de las plantas
Páginas
22
Publicado por
Elsevier
Publicado en
Journal of Stored Products Research
Citación
Castañé, Cristina, Nuria Agustí, Pedro del Estal, and Jordi Riudavets. 2020. "Survey Of Trogoderma Spp. In Spanish Mills And Warehouses". Journal Of Stored Products Research 88: 101661. doi:10.1016/j.jspr.2020.101661.
Número del acuerdo de la subvención
INIA/Programa Estatal de I+D+I orientada a los retos de la sociedad/RTA2014-00006-C02-01/ES/Plagas que afectan a la industria agroalimentaria: control biológico y detección de una especie invasiva/
INIA/Programa Estatal de I+D+I orientada a los retos de la sociedad/RTI2018-095526-R-100/ES/Gestión integrada de plagas en el control biológico en grano almacenado/
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Protecció Vegetal Sostenible
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