@misc{10481/97175,
year = {2019},
month = {9},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/97175},
abstract = {Non-crop cultivated plants can provide agriculture with ecosystem services, such as
biological pest control and, a sound knowledge of the relationships between these
plants and arthropod communities is important. Given its entomophilous characteristics,
Dittrichia viscosa, a plant commonly found in the Mediterranean region, could potentially
be used in integrated pest management systems. The aim of this study is to investigate
arthropofauna associated with D. viscosa in olive groves during its pre-flowering,
flowering and post-flowering stages and to determine the possible relationships between
different groups of arthropods. Using vacuum-sampling, the study was carried out on
D. viscosa plants bordering and inside olive groves. The plants produced new leaves
in April and flowered between August and October. Miridae, Aphididae, Hymenoptera
parasitoids, Formicidae, Araneae, and Aleyrodidae were the most abundant groups of
arthropods collected during the pre-flowering and flowering stages. Plant phenology
differentially influenced the arthropod populations of the different groups, with the
Aleyrodidae family found to be more abundant during the pre-flowering stage, while
Hymenoptera parasitoids were more numerous during the flowering stage. During the
post-flowering stage, the number of arthropods captured was very low. Numerous
correlations between and within the different functional groups were observed throughout
the life cycle of D. viscosa. Our results clearly show that D. viscosa plants in olive groves
have great potential as a reservoir of different predators and Hymenoptera parasitoids
and that these olive groves were not attacked by any D. viscosa-related phytophages.},
organization = {Spanish
National Research Council (CSIC) intramural funding
program (Project 201540E007)},
organization = {Junta de
Andalucía (Project P12-AGR-1419)},
organization = {Spanish Council
for Scientific Research CSIC Open Access Publication Support Initiative through its Unit of Information Resources
for Research (URICI)},
publisher = {Frontiers Media},
keywords = {ecological infrastructure},
keywords = {Olea europaea},
keywords = {Hymenoptera parasitoids},
title = {Dittrichia viscosa (Asterales: Asteraceae) as an Arthropod Reservoir in Olive Groves},
doi = {10.3389/fsufs.2019.00064},
author = {Alcalá Herrera, Rafael and Castro Rodríguez, Juan and Fernández-Sierra, María Luisa and Campos, Mercedes},
}