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February 1, 2023
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Effect of pollen provision on life-history parameters of phytoseiid predators under hot and dry environmental conditions

Publicated to: Journal Of Applied Entomology. 145 (3): 191-205 - 2021-04-01 145(3), DOI: 10.1111/jen.12845

Authors:

Urbaneja-Bernat, Pablo; Jaques, Josep A
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Univ Jaume 1, Dept Ciencies Agr & Medi Nat, Unitat Associada Entomol UJI IVIA, UJI, Campus Riu Sec, Castellon de La Plana 12071, Spain - Author

Abstract

Biological control can be severely disrupted under climate change conditions. This is the case of the spider mite Tetranychus urticae in Spanish citrus orchards, where the omnivorous phytoseiid Euseius stipulatus, the most abundant predator in the system, was highly impacted by hot and dry conditions mimicking future warmer summers. Such a situation can often be compensated by the provision of alternative food to support generalist predators. As a first step to studying whether such a technique could be applied in this case, we studied at laboratory conditions whether pollen could mitigate the negative effects of hotter and drier conditions derived of climate change on three phytoseiids with different diet specializations. In addition to E. stipulatus, these predators, which all together, are considered key for the biological control of T. urticae in citrus, are Neoseiulus californicus and Phytoseiulus persimilis. Our results confirm the extremely fine-tuning of T. urticae to hot-dry conditions. They also provide evidence of the poor performance of E. stipulatus, especially in terms of reproduction, compared to the other two phytoseiids at these conditions, even when high-quality pollen was available. Moreover, access to pollen in combination with T. urticae eggs enhanced survival but reduced predation and oviposition relative to a T. urticae-only diet for N. californicus and P. persimilis. Therefore, whether the overall effect of pollen would justify its use in citrus to counteract the deleterious effects of a hotter and drier climate on the natural regulation of T. urticae is still controversial.
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Keywords

Alternative foodBiological controlBiological-controlClimate-changeEuseius stipulatusFunctional-responseGlobal warmingGround-cover managementNeoseiulus californicusNeoseiulus-californicus acariPersimilis acariPhytoseiulus persimilisSimulated heat wavesSpider-mite acariTetranychus-urticae acariTyphlodromus-phialatus

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Journal of Applied Entomology due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position 37/100, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Entomology. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Insect Science.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-02, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 8
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-02:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 13.

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 3 (Altmetric).
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (URBANEJA BERNAT, PABLO) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been URBANEJA BERNAT, PABLO.

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Awards linked to the item

Predoctoral grant from MCINN, Grant/Award Number: (EEBB-I-14-08555)
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