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Damage and crop loss relationships of Helopeltis theivora, Hemiptera, Miridae and cocoa in Malaysia

Miridae cause serious crop loss of cocoa worldwide yet the relationship between feeding damage and survival of cherelles and pods is inadequately understood, particularly in terms of timing of damage and also of other sequential mortalities that occur throughout development from the flower bud to th...

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Main Authors: Muhamad, R., Way, M.J.
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Published: Elsevier 1995
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1141572024-12-03T09:10:27Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/114157/ Damage and crop loss relationships of Helopeltis theivora, Hemiptera, Miridae and cocoa in Malaysia Muhamad, R. Way, M.J. Miridae cause serious crop loss of cocoa worldwide yet the relationship between feeding damage and survival of cherelles and pods is inadequately understood, particularly in terms of timing of damage and also of other sequential mortalities that occur throughout development from the flower bud to the ripe pod stage. Five post-flowering developmental stages were used as a basis for assessing crop loss in relation to Helopeltis theivora feeding damage in Peninsular Malaysia. These include 'cherelle initiates', which invariably abscind after only one H. theivora feeding lesion. Subsequently, cherelles may die and wilt but do not abscind. Cherelle wilt was strongly linked to time and number of feeding lesions, such that older cherelles tolerated notably more damage than was needed to kill young cherelles. Pods from surviving severely damaged cherelles were smaller and contained smaller seeds although the number of seeds per pod was unaffected. However, yield was most affected by H. theivora-associated death of cherelles. Growing pods were killed by artificially created intense short-term attack by H. theivora but this is unlikely in nature where there may be much greater extended damage throughout development of a pod that survives. The yield of full-sized pods was unaffected by artificially imposed very severe attack. An experiment on possible compensation for cherelles killed by H. theivora indicated that the number and weight of seeds per pod is already determined at the early cherelle stage. A life table of survivorship from the flower bud to the ripe pod stage showed very large mortalities of buds and flowers but, in terms of survival to ripe pods, the crucial proportional mortality is during the mirid-susceptible cherelle stage. Elsevier 1995-03 Article PeerReviewed Muhamad, R. and Way, M.J. (1995) Damage and crop loss relationships of Helopeltis theivora, Hemiptera, Miridae and cocoa in Malaysia. Crop Protection, 14 (2). pp. 117-121. ISSN 0261-2194; eISSN: 0261-2194 https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/026121949592865K 10.1016/0261-2194(95)92865-k
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description Miridae cause serious crop loss of cocoa worldwide yet the relationship between feeding damage and survival of cherelles and pods is inadequately understood, particularly in terms of timing of damage and also of other sequential mortalities that occur throughout development from the flower bud to the ripe pod stage. Five post-flowering developmental stages were used as a basis for assessing crop loss in relation to Helopeltis theivora feeding damage in Peninsular Malaysia. These include 'cherelle initiates', which invariably abscind after only one H. theivora feeding lesion. Subsequently, cherelles may die and wilt but do not abscind. Cherelle wilt was strongly linked to time and number of feeding lesions, such that older cherelles tolerated notably more damage than was needed to kill young cherelles. Pods from surviving severely damaged cherelles were smaller and contained smaller seeds although the number of seeds per pod was unaffected. However, yield was most affected by H. theivora-associated death of cherelles. Growing pods were killed by artificially created intense short-term attack by H. theivora but this is unlikely in nature where there may be much greater extended damage throughout development of a pod that survives. The yield of full-sized pods was unaffected by artificially imposed very severe attack. An experiment on possible compensation for cherelles killed by H. theivora indicated that the number and weight of seeds per pod is already determined at the early cherelle stage. A life table of survivorship from the flower bud to the ripe pod stage showed very large mortalities of buds and flowers but, in terms of survival to ripe pods, the crucial proportional mortality is during the mirid-susceptible cherelle stage.
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author Muhamad, R.
Way, M.J.
spellingShingle Muhamad, R.
Way, M.J.
Damage and crop loss relationships of Helopeltis theivora, Hemiptera, Miridae and cocoa in Malaysia
author_facet Muhamad, R.
Way, M.J.
author_sort Muhamad, R.
title Damage and crop loss relationships of Helopeltis theivora, Hemiptera, Miridae and cocoa in Malaysia
title_short Damage and crop loss relationships of Helopeltis theivora, Hemiptera, Miridae and cocoa in Malaysia
title_full Damage and crop loss relationships of Helopeltis theivora, Hemiptera, Miridae and cocoa in Malaysia
title_fullStr Damage and crop loss relationships of Helopeltis theivora, Hemiptera, Miridae and cocoa in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Damage and crop loss relationships of Helopeltis theivora, Hemiptera, Miridae and cocoa in Malaysia
title_sort damage and crop loss relationships of helopeltis theivora, hemiptera, miridae and cocoa in malaysia
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 1995
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/114157/
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