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JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE
Volume 82, Issue 1, Pages 27-32Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-008-0215-z
Keywords
Lecanicillium muscarium; Eretmocerus sp nr. furuhashii; Bemisia tabaci; Survival; Longevity; Side effects
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- Program. 973 [2006CB102005]
- Agricultural special foundation [200803005]
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Pathogenicity of Lecanicillium muscarium, against Eretmocerus sp. nr. furuhashii (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), was investigated under laboratory conditions to determine if the fungal infection of the whitefly host can effect the survival, longevity and fecundity of female parasitoid. The results indicated that the number of parasitized larvae surviving a L. muscarium treatment after 6 days of oviposition decreased with increasing concentrations of L. muscarium and in later stages of development (12 days post oviposition) were not affected by fungal application. There were no significant differences on adult parasitoid survivorship after 7 days among all treatments. Maximum survivorship (73.33%) was observed for control and it was minimum (60%) at 1 x 10(8) conidia/ml. L. muscarium showed a non significant effect on longevity and next offsprings of female parasitoids. The percentage emergence of parasitoids from the whitefly nymphs produced by the females emerged from treated pupae was almost similar. Maximum emergence (69.77%) was observed at 1 x 10(6) conidia/ml and it was lowest (61.02%) at conidial concentration of 1 x 10(8) conidia/ml. Maximum longevity of adult Eretmocerus sp. emerging from whitefly nymphs when treated after 12 days of postoviposition was observed for 1 x 10(5) conidia/ml having a mean value of 5 days whereas the lowest longevity was 4.9 days observed at 1 x 10(8) conidia/ml. The results mentioned above indicate that the interaction among biocontrol agents is positive to a greater extent with minimum risk hazards.
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