• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.44 no.3 s.140
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• pp.231-235
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• 2005

This study was conducted to obtain the optimal spray time for Pseudaulacaspis prunicota (Maskell) (Homoptera: Diaspididae) in early seaon in Jeju. Oviposition time of overwintered females and activity of hatched nymphs of P. prunicola were monitored, and the phenology data were compared with the outputs estimated by a degree-days model of P. pentagona (Targioni-Tozzetti)). Overwintered females of P. prunicola began to lay eggs from mid to late April, and the eggs started to hatch from early May followed by the active migration of the hatched nymphs during mid May. The phenological events of P. prunicola in early season were likely comparable with those of P. pentagona reported in southern Korea and in central Japan. A degree-day model, which predicts the proportion of >50% hatched egg batches of P. pentagona (y=1[exp(-(-a+bx))]; y, proportion; x, degree-days based on $10.5^{\circ}C$ from 1 January; a=-18.80 and b=0.073), accurately described the migration time of P. prunicola hatched nymphs. Thus, it is considered that the degree-day model can be used for predicting the optimal spray time for P. prunicola in early season.