scholarly journals Hymenopteran parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) of cereal aphids (Sternorrhyncha: Aphidoidea) in winter wheat crops in Slovakia

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (No. 3) ◽  
pp. 97-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Praslička ◽  
S. Al Dobai ◽  
J. Huszár
Keyword(s):  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Aphidius Ervi ◽  
Cereal Aphids ◽  
Aphidius Rhopalosiphi ◽  
Aphid Parasitoids ◽  
Hymenopteran Parasitoids

During 1997–1999, occurrence of hymenopteran parasitoids of cereal aphids was observed in different localities in Slovakia. Altogether, seven species of aphid parasitoids were recorded. The total numbers of particular species over the last three years were as follows: Aphidius uzbekistanicus (160 individuals – 42.4%), Aphidius ervi (83 individuals – 22.0%), Aphidius rhopalosiphi (66 individuals – 17.5%), Ephedrus plagiator (40 individuals – 10.6%), Praon volucre (26 individuals – 6.9%), P. gallicum (1 individual – 0.3%), and Aphidius picipes (1 individual – 0.2%). The abundance of the parasitoids in each year was: 185 individuals (49.1%) in 1999, 122 individuals (32.4%) in 1998, and 70 individuals (18.6%) in 1997.  

Reservoirs for Aphidius ervi Haliday (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae), a polyphagous parasitoid of cereal aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

1984 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 647-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Cameron ◽  
W. Powell ◽  
H. D. Loxdale
Keyword(s):  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Acyrthosiphon Pisum ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Sitobion Avenae ◽  
Aphidius Ervi ◽  
Cereal Aphids ◽  
Electrophoretic Separation ◽  
Slow Adaptation ◽  
Trap Plants

AbstractAphidius ervi Hal. parasitised natural populations of Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), Sitobion avenae (F.) and Microlophium carnosum (Buckt.) in Britain but parasitised few examples of S. avenae placed on trap plants in winter wheat, nettle-grass edge areas or lucerne-wheat strip crops. In laboratory experiments, Aphidius ervi reared from Acyrthosiphon pisum did not parasitise M. carnosum, and significantly fewer mummies were formed on S. avenae than on A. pisum. After rearing Aphidius ervi for 4–5 generations on S. avenae, similar numbers of mummies were formed on both hosts. The switch of hosts from Acyrthosiphon pisum to S. avenae was associated with the loss of certain parasitoid esterase enzyme bands revealed following electrophoretic separation of parasitoid proteins. Slow adaptation to new aphid hosts by polyphagous parasitoids such as Aphidius ervi may reduce the usefulness of reservoirs as a source of beneficial species.

scholarly journals Standardised arthropod (Arthropoda) inventory across natural and anthropogenic impacted habitats in the Azores archipelago

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Marcelino ◽  
Paulo Borges ◽  
Isabel Borges ◽  
Enésima Pereira ◽  
Vasco Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Native Species ◽  
Terrestrial Ecosystems ◽  
Aphidius Ervi ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Aphidius Colemani ◽  
Aphidius Rhopalosiphi ◽  
Arboreal Habitat ◽  
Terrestrial Biodiversity ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Hymenopteran Parasitoids

In this paper, we present an extensive checklist of selected arthropods and their distribution in five Islands of the Azores (Santa Maria. São Miguel, Terceira, Flores and Pico). Habitat surveys included five herbaceous and four arboreal habitat types, scaling up from native to anthropogenic managed habitats. We aimed to contribute to the ongoing effort to document the terrestrial biodiversity of the world, in particular the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores, as islands harbour a significant portion of unique terrestrial biodiversity. Selection of Arthropoda groups for the current checklist was based on their known richness and abundance (Arachnida, Collembola, Hemiptera, Neuroptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera), in almost all terrestrial ecosystems, as well as their importance in current Integrated Pest Management and alternative Biocontrol protocols at large (i.e. hymenopteran parasitoids and beneficial Coleoptera). In addition, we include the list of Dermaptera, Orthoptera, Psocoptera and Thysanoptera species. These assembled groups represent part of the monitoring programme EDEN Azores (2008-2014), where all Arthropod fauna, at all strata, within nine representative habitats of the abovementioned five Islands of the Azores was recorded. In this study, a total of 116,523 specimens, belonging to 483 species and subspecies of selected groups of arthropods, are reported by order, family and, when possible, genus and species. Hymenopteran, mostly parasitoids, accounted for the most represented taxa across all the monitoring and sampling phase of EDEN Azores (193 species and mophospecies), followed by Coleoptera (95 species); Collembola (89 species); and Araneae (72 species). A total of 37 non-native species are reported for the first time in the Azores. Coleoptera: Asaphidion flavipes (Linnaeus, 1761) (Carabidae); Tachyporus dispar (Paykull, 1789) (Staphylinidae). Hemiptera: Acrosternum heegeri Fieber, 1861 (Pentatomidae). Collembola: Entomobrya regularis Stach, 1963 (Entomobryidae); Lepidocyrtus lusitanicus piezoensis (Simón-Benito, 2007) (Entomobryidae); Jordanathrix articulata (Ellis, 1974) (Sminthuridae); Sminthurinus quadrimaculatus (Ryder, 1879) (Katiannidae); Himalanura sp. (Entomobryidae); Protophorura sp. (Onychiuridae). Hymenoptera, parasitoids: Aphidius colemani Viereck, 1912 (Braconidae); Aphidius ervi Haliday, 1834 (Braconidae); Aphidius matricariae Viereck, 1912 (Braconidae); Aphidius rhopalosiphi Stefani-Perez, 1902 (Braconidae); Aphidius rosae (Haliday, 1834) (Braconidae); Aphidius urticae Haliday, 1834 (Braconidae); Centistidea ectoedemiae Rohwer, 1914 (Braconidae); Meteorus unicolor (Wesmael, 1835) (Braconidae); Meteorus collaris (Spin.) Hal. – Ruschka, Fulmek, 1915 (Braconidae); Orthostigma cratospilum (Thomson, 1895) (Braconidae); Orthostigma latriventris Ratzeburg, 1844 (Braconidae); two other species of Orthostigma sp.; Pseudopezomachus bituberculatus (Marshall, 1905) (Braconidae); Tanycarpa punctata (van Achterberg, 1976) (Braconidae); Gonatopus clavipes (Thunberg, 1827) (Dryinidae). New genera not previously recorded for the Azores include: Pycnetron sp. (Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae); four species of Aspilota sp. (Braconidae: Alysiinae); four species of Chorebus sp. (Braconidae: Aphidiinae: Alysiinae); Microgaster sp. (Braconidae: Microgastrinae); Homolobus sp. (Braconidae: Homolobinae); Lodbrokia sp. (Braconidae: Alysiinae). These 37 taxa were found in several Islands and five are new species for Flores Island, 10 species are new for Pico Island, 12 species are new for Terceira Island, 19 species are new for S. Miguel Island and five species are new for S. Maria Island. Additional species records for the Islands included: Flores (5 Collembola, 9 Araneae; 2 Hemiptera; 8 Coleoptera, 8 Hymenoptera), Pico (4 Collembola; 7 Araneae; 4 Hemiptera; 11 Coleoptera; 9 Hymenoptera), Terceira (4 Collembola; 1 Araneae; 3 Hymenoptera), S. Miguel (1 Araneae; 2 Coleoptera; 3 Hymenoptera), S. Maria (5 Collembola; 3 Araneae; 2 Hemiptera; 2 Hymenoptera).

scholarly journals Effectiveness of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) on winter wheat in two agricultural systems

1999 ◽  
Vol 35 (No. 4) ◽  
pp. 131-135
Author(s):  
S. Al-Dobai ◽  
J. Praslicka
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
Aphidius Ervi ◽  
Maturity Stage ◽  
Considerable Influence ◽  
Agricultural Systems ◽  
Aphid Parasitoids ◽  
Very High

From the obtained results we can note that the parasitoids in our experiments in 1 997 and 1998 had considerable influence on decline of aphids population density, at which the percent of parasitization in milk maturity stage of wheat was from 2.7 to 35%. The culmination of parasitization was recorded in our experiments about 7–10 days after the culmination of population density of aphids. The obtained results did not confirm the definite influence of different growing systems on parasitization of aphids, because in 1997 the parasitization was very high in integrated growing system and in 1998 in ecological growing system. The influence of different growing systems on aphids parasitization appeared during a given year and within an growing system. It also appeared between different years and it was found that these differences were significant. The parasitoids found were: Aphidius ervi Haliday, A. rlwpalosiphi De Stefani-Pcrcz, A. uzbekistanicus Luzhctzki, Praon volucre (Hal iday), Ephedrus plagialor (Nees), Diaeretiefla rapae (M'lntosh). In 1997, the most abundant species were Aphidius ervi and A. rhopafosiphi and in 1998 A. ubekistanicus and Aphidius ervi.

scholarly journals The abilities of the aphid parasitoids Aphidius ervi Haliday and A. rhopalosiphi De Stefani Perez (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to transfer between different known host species and the implications for the use of alternative hosts in pest control strategies

1988 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 683-693 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Powell ◽  
A. F. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Host Preference ◽  
Acyrthosiphon Pisum ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Aphidius Ervi ◽  
Metopolophium Dirhodum ◽  
Original Host ◽  
Aphidius Rhopalosiphi ◽  
Aphid Parasitoids ◽  
Laboratory Cultures ◽  
Genetic Bottlenecks

AbstractA series of host-transfer trials using both laboratory-cultured and field-collected individuals of the aphid parasitoids Aphidius ervi Haliday and A. rhopalosiphi De Stefani Perez were done in order to clarify inconsistent results from several previous studies. A. ervi cultured on Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) produced very few mummies when confined with Microlophium carnosum (Buckton), whereas those cultured on M. carnosum produced as many mummies on A. pisum as they did on their original host. Mummy production was correlated with the attack rate of adult parasitoids on potential hosts. The production of mummies on M. carnosum by parasitoids reared on A. pisum was often greatly improved if their male parent had been reared on M. carnosum, suggesting that genotype strongly influences host preference. Aphidius rhopalosiphi from laboratory cultures produced significantly more mummies on Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) than on Sitobion avenae (F.) regardless of their original host, but this preference was not shown by parasitoids from field populations. It is concluded that inadvertent selection occurs in laboratory cultures of aphid parasitoids as a result of low founder numbers, genetic drift and genetic bottlenecks and that this can strongly influence experimental results in biology and behaviour studies, which has important implications for biological control workers.

scholarly journals Primary parasitoid and hyperparasitoid guilds (hymenoptera) of grain aphid (Sitobion avenae F.) in northern Poland

2014 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 1141-1148 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Barczak ◽  
A. Dębek-Jankowska ◽  
J. Bennewicz
Keyword(s):  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Sitobion Avenae ◽  
Aphidius Ervi ◽  
Primary Parasitoid ◽  
Parasitic Hymenoptera ◽  
Grain Aphid ◽  
Northern Poland

The aim of this study was to determine and compare the guilds of parasitic Hymenoptera associated with the grain aphid on rye and winter wheat. Of the seven species of primary parasitoids (Braconidae: Aphidiinae, Aphelinidae), parasitizing colonies of Sitobion avenae, the most numerous and most frequently occurring, included Praon volucre, Aphidius ervi and Aphidius uzbekistanicus. Primary parasitoids of grain aphids were eliminated largely by hyperparasitoids, mostly of the families Megaspilidae (Dendrocerus carpenteri), Figitidae-Alloxystini (Alloxysta spp. and Phaenoglyphis villosa) and Pteromalidae (Pachyneuron aphidis, Asaphes vulgaris, Coruna clavata), but D. carpenteri and Alloxysta spp. belonged to dominants and subdominants, respectively.

scholarly journals Monitoring for cereal aphids in winter wheat

1981 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Rabbinge ◽  
W. P. Mantel
Keyword(s):  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Cereal Aphids

scholarly journals Predicting aphid abundance on winter wheat using suction trap catches

2019 ◽  
Vol 56 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 35-45
Author(s):  
Alois Honěk ◽  
Zdenka Martinková ◽  
Marek Brabec ◽  
Pavel Saska
Keyword(s):  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Crop Protection ◽  
Flight Activity ◽  
Cereal Aphids ◽  
Metopolophium Dirhodum ◽  
Suction Traps ◽  
Suction Trap ◽  
Trap Catches ◽  
Total Suction ◽  
Aphid Abundance

The relationship between the number of cereal aphids in flight (recorded by a national grid of suction traps in the Czech Republic) and their occurrence on winter wheat (in Prague) was established between 1999–2015. The flight of all the species was bimodal. Except for Rhopalosiphum padi, whose flight activity peaked in autumn, > 80% of individuals were trapped during April to mid-August. The species frequency was different between the winter wheat and aerial populations. R. padi, the dominant species in the trap catches, formed a small proportion of the aphids on the winter wheat, while Sitobion avenae and Metopolophium dirhodum, which were underrepresented in the suction traps, alternately dominated the populations on the wheat. The aphid abundance in the wheat stands was correlated with the suction trap catches in the “spring” peak (April to mid-August), and the maximum flight activity occurred 4–10 days after the peak in the number of aphids on the wheat. In contrast, the prediction of the aphid abundance in the wheat stands using the total suction trap catches until the 15th of June (the final date for the application of crop protection actions) was reliable only for M. dirhodum. Its maximum abundance on the wheat exceeded 40 aphids per tiller if the total suction trap catch until the 15th of June was ≥ 60 individuals per trap. The prediction of R. padi and S. avenae abundance using the suction trap catches was not reliable.

scholarly journals Transgenic Winter Wheat Expressing the Sucrose Transporter HvSUT1 from Barley does not Affect Aphid Performance

Insects ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang ◽  
Kloos ◽  
Mora-Ramírez ◽  
Romeis ◽  
Brunner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Winter Wheat ◽  
Rhopalosiphum Padi ◽  
Aphid Species ◽  
Sucrose Transporter ◽  
Yield Potential ◽  
Cereal Aphids ◽  
Biotic Stresses ◽  
Transgenic Lines ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Parental Cultivar

Winter wheat expressing the sucrose transporter HvSUT1 from barley (HOSUT) has an increased yield potential. Genetic engineering should improve cultivars without increasing susceptibility to biotic stresses or causing negative impacts on ecosystem services. We studied the effects of HOSUT wheat on cereal aphids that feed on the sugar-rich phloem sap. Three HOSUT winter wheat lines, their conventional parental cultivar Certo, and three conventional cultivars were used. Clip cage experiments in the greenhouse showed no differences in life-table parameters of Rhopalosiphum padi and Sitobion avenae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on transgenic lines compared to Certo, except higher fecundity of S. avenae on one HOSUT line. Population development of both aphid species over three weeks on caged flowering tillers did not reveal differences between the HOSUT lines and Certo. When aphids were monitored in a Swiss field study over two years, no differences between HOSUT lines and Certo were observed. We conclude that HOSUT wheat did not have consistent effects on aphids compared to the parental cultivar and measured parameters were generally in the range observed for the conventional winter wheat cultivars. Thus, HOSUT wheat is unlikely to suffer from increased aphid damage.

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