“FLUCTUACIÓN POBLACIONAL DEL PSILIDO ASIÁTICO, Diaphorina citri (HEMIPTERA, LIVIIDAE) K. Y DE SUS ENEMIGOS NATURALES EN PORTOVIEJO Y SANTA ANA, PROVINCIA DE MANABÍ”.

Abstract

THE CITRUS PSYLLID, DIAPHORINA CITRI KUWAYAMA (HEMIPTERA: LIVIIDAE), IS A NEW PEST PRESENT IN ECUADOR SINCE 2013. ITS IMPORTANCE IS THAT IT IS A VECTOR OF BACTERIA, CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER ASIATICUS AND CANDIDATUS LIBERIBACTER AMERICANUS THAT CAUSES HUANLONGBING (HLB) A DEVASTATING DISEASE THAT AFFECTS CITRUS FRUITS, WHICH LODGES IN THE PHLOEM, CAUSING ITS OBSTRUCTION AND EVENTUAL DEATH OF THE PLANT. ALTHOUGH UNTIL NOW THE HLB HAS NOT BEEN DETECTED IN THE COUNTRY, THE VECTOR, D. CITRI, IS DISTRIBUTED IN THE PROVINCES OF THE ECUADORIAN COAST, GUAYAS, SANTA ELENA AND MANABÍ, SINCE 2013, 2015 AND 2016, RESPECTIVELY. IN ORDER TO KNOW THE POPULATION FLUCTUATION OF THE D. CITRI IN THE PROVINCE OF MANABÍ, DURING THE PERIOD AUGUST - JANUARY 2018 SEVERAL LOCALITIES OF SANTA ANA AND PORTOVIEJO, MANABÍ AND SAMPLED CITRUS CROPS, CITRUS SPP. AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS OF MYRTLE, MURRAYA PANICULATA L.