Pawar, A.D., Estela, E., & Verdú, M.J. 2003 Lemon variety preferences by Aonidiella aurantii (Homoptera: Diaspididae).. Bulletin OILB/SROP (Sect. Reg. Ouest Palearctique) 26(6): 123.

Notes: [Integrated control in citrus fruit crops. Proceedings of the IOBC/WPRS Working Group, Valencia, Spain, 6-8 November, 2002. Garcia-Marí, F. (Ed.) Publisher: International Organization for Biological and Integrated Control of Noxious Animals and Plants (OIBC/OILB), West Palaearctic Regional Section (WPRS/SROP).] An essential aspect of beneficial insect mass rearing programme is to know which is the best host plant that optimizes pest growth and consequently improves natural enemy development. California red scale, A. aurantii is one of the species whose host plant range has been extensively studied. Lemons, grapefruits, oranges, mandarins and different varieties of squash and potatoes have been used for this purpose. However, no work has been carried out on the preferences of red scale inside the lemon group. Lemon is the host plant that is often employed in laboratory studies and the second host plant, after squash, for mass rearing projects. Furthermore, in the field, lemon is the most susceptible citrus species to red scale attack. The effect of different lemon cultivars on the development and survival of California red scale was evaluated. The tested cultivars, Eureka, Verna, Fino, Lisbon and Villafranca, were obtained from the germplasm bank of Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias in Spain.