Taxonomic list of organisms that affect yellow pitaya, Selenicereus megalanthus (K. Schum. ex Vaupel) Moran (Cactaceae) in Colombia

A list of organisms associated with yellow pitaya crop, Selenicereus megalanthus (K. Schum. ex Vaupel) Moran in Colombia is provided. The main pests of yellow pitaya in Colombia are the flower-bud fly Dasiops saltans Townsend (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) and Leptoglossus zonatus (Dallas) (Hemiptera: Coreidae). In this study we report 29 organisms affecting yellow pitaya: 4 Classes, i.e., Arachnida (1 sp.), Aves (1 sp.), Gastropoda (2 spp.), Insecta (25 spp.), distributed in 8 Orders and 14 Families.  

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Main Authors: Medina S., Jorge Alberto, Kondo, Takumasa
Format: info:eu-repo/semantics/article biblioteca
Language:spa
Published: Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (Agrosavia) 2012
Online Access:http://revistacta.agrosavia.co/index.php/revista/article/view/238
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12324/35121
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