scholarly journals Nonpreference Among Gerbera Cultivars by the Leafminer Liriomyza trifolii (Agromyzidae: Diptera)

2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 183-188
Author(s):  
C.M. Abraham ◽  
S. K. Braman ◽  
R. D. Oetting ◽  
P. A. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Natural Enemy ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Exposure Period ◽  
Liriomyza Trifolii ◽  
Gerbera Jamesonii ◽  
Cut Flowers ◽  
The World ◽  
Leaf Punctures

The leafminer, Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) is a key pest of gerbera daisies (Gerbera jamesonii Bolus), which are among the most preferred cut flowers in the world. While insecticides often fail to control this pest, parasitoids have proven to be effective. To maintain the parasitoids in the system, pesticide applications should be avoided. However, the influx of secondary pests like mites, thrips, whiteflies, and aphids during the growing season necessitates chemical sprays, which are effective in controlling the secondary pests, but are often toxic to the natural enemy and hence disrupt biological control. Since chemicals are not easily avoided in this system, an alternative method to avoid leafminers was sought, using host plant resistance, which can be an important component of integrated pest management (IPM) programs. Sixty gerbera cultivars were evaluated for potential resistance to L. trifolii. A range in susceptibility measured as leaf punctures and developing mines was evident for the first five weeks of a six-week exposure period. Gerberas ‘Jaguar Pink’, ‘Jaguar Rose Deep’, ‘Jaguar Salmon Pastel’, and ‘Revolution Spring Pastel’ were the least damaged, exhibiting less than 20% of the highest damage on at least two observation dates. However, consistent exposure to high numbers of leafminers resulted in similar expression of damage among all cultivars after five weeks. Differences among cultivars in force required to puncture leaves could not be consistently associated with damage due to leafminers

Biological Control

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Invasive Species ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Impacts ◽  
Formal Science

Biological Control: Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management provides a historical summary of organisms and main strategies used in biological control, as well as the key challenges confronting biological control in the 21st century. Biological control has been implemented for millennia, initially practised by growers moving beneficial species from one local area to another. Today, biological control has evolved into a formal science that provides ecosystem services to protect the environment and the resources used by humanity. With contributions from dedicated scientists and practitioners from around the world, this comprehensive book highlights important successes, failures and challenges in biological control efforts. It advocates that biological control must be viewed as a global endeavour and provides suggestions to move practices forward in a changing world. Biological Control is an invaluable resource for conservation specialists, pest management practitioners and those who research invasive species, as well as students studying pest management science.

scholarly journals Neodusmetia sangwani (Subba Rao) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) to control Antonina graminis (Maskell) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in pastures in Brazil: a revision

2018 ◽  
Vol 84 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Batista Filho ◽  
Valmir Costa ◽  
Harumi Hojo
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Natural Enemy ◽  
Classical Biological Control ◽  
Rhodes Grass ◽  
The World

ABSTRACT: The use of the parasitoid Neodusmetia sangwani to control the Rhodes grass mealybug Antonina graminis is one of the best examples of classical biological control in the world. The situation could not be different in Brazil, where the pest has also been introduced, and kept under control after the release of its natural enemy. In this review, it is united information with respect to the successful use of a natural enemy in this country. Notes about the description and biology of the insects involved and rearing and release procedures of the parasitoid for the Rhodes grass mealybug control in Brazil will also be presented.

EVALUATION OF NON-INSECTICIDAL METHODS TO REDUCE DAMAGE TO CHRYSANTHEMUMS BY THE LEAFMINER LIRIOMYZA TRIFOLII (DIPTERA: AGROMYZIDAE)

1984 ◽  
Vol 116 (9) ◽  
pp. 1259-1266 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Herbert ◽  
R. F. Smith ◽  
K. B. McRae
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Liriomyza Trifolii ◽  
Control Methods ◽  
Trap Crop ◽  
Field Beans

AbstractThree biological control methods were evaluated for the reduction of damage to chrysanthemums by the leafminer Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess). Yellow sticky boards trapped adults and reduced the damage by 50%, Afugan 30 EC effectively controlled the damage to chrysanthemums, and interplanting with field beans as a trap crop showed potential for reducing damage. A specific integrated pest management program can not be recommended as yet; more information is needed.

The role of biodiversity in the dynamics and management of insect pests of tropical irrigated rice—a review

1994 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 567-587 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.J. Way ◽  
K.L. Heong
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Natural Enemy ◽  
Rice Plant ◽  
Insect Pests ◽  
Rice Fields ◽  
Field Size ◽  
Stem Borers ◽  
Irrigated Rice

AbstractBiodiversity relevant to pest management of tropical irrigated rice pests is discussed in terms of variation within rice plants, rice fields, groups of rice fields and rice associated ecosystems. It is concluded that, in the unique cropping conditions and stable water supply of tropical irrigated rice, the manipulation of a relatively few manageable components of diversity can confer stability such that pests are mostly kept at levels which do not justify the use of insecticides. Durable rice plant resistance, including moderate resistance, together with ability to compensate for damage by certain key pests, are regarded as fundamental to successful biological control by the natural enemy complex. Reliable natural enemy action is also considered to depend on all-year-round continuity of prey or hosts made possible by the relatively short fallow periods between staggered two to three rice crops per year and by proximity of certain non-rice habitats, notably the vegetation-covered bunds (levées) surrounding each field. In contrast, synchronous cropping could upset stability by destroying the continuity needed for natural enemy success. Such conclusions are supported by the experience of farmers who use little or no insecticide. Much evidence on destruction of natural enemies by certain insecticides supports the contention that insecticide use, especially early in the crop season, upsets natural enemy control of insects such as Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) and also creates heavy selection pressure for strains of pests that can overcome previously resistant rice cultivars. Such circumstances create outbreaks of secondary pests and impair biological control of some key primary pests such as stem borers. It is concluded that pest management of much tropical irrigated rice must be based on natural controls rarely supplemented by insecticides. The success of this approach depends in particular on further research on dynamics of natural enemy and pest communities in rice ecosystems, especially where climatic conditions and water supply are marginally stable. Much more needs to be known about the nature and utilization of rice plant compensation for damage, particularly by defoliators and stem borers. The justification for, and supplementary use of, insecticides needs to be radically reassessed. There is no evidence that a natural control-based approach, as recommended in this review, is incompat ible with farmer practicability or with future developments in rice production technology, except perhaps the possible mechanization-driven increase in field size which would decrease bund area. In contrast, the insecticide-based approach is not only harmful to natural controls but is costly and mostly demands impracticable decision making by farmers on need-based use.

Electron investigations of rhabdovirus-like particles in mexican bean beetles and crickets

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 378-379
Author(s):  
J. R. Adams ◽  
G. J Tompkins ◽  
A. M. Heimpel ◽  
E. Dougherty
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Acheta Domesticus ◽  
Epilachna Varivestis ◽  
House Cricket ◽  
Similar Morphology ◽  
Bean Beetle

As part of a continual search for potential pathogens of insects for use in biological control or on an integrated pest management program, two bacilliform virus-like particles (VLP) of similar morphology have been found in the Mexican bean beetle Epilachna varivestis Mulsant and the house cricket, Acheta domesticus (L. ).Tissues of diseased larvae and adults of E. varivestis and all developmental stages of A. domesticus were fixed according to procedures previously described. While the bean beetles displayed no external symptoms, the diseased crickets displayed a twitching and shaking of the metathoracic legs and a lowered rate of activity.Examinations of larvae and adult Mexican bean beetles collected in the field in 1976 and 1977 in Maryland and field collected specimens brought into the lab in the fall and reared through several generations revealed that specimens from each collection contained vesicles in the cytoplasm of the midgut filled with hundreds of these VLP's which were enveloped and measured approximately 16-25 nm x 55-110 nm, the shorter VLP's generally having the greater width (Fig. 1).

Quarantine Protocol Against Coleopteran Borers in Date Palm Offshoots Using Eco2 Fume Gas

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 190-192
Author(s):  
H.A. El-Shafie ◽  
M.E. Mohammed ◽  
A.A. Sallam
Keyword(s):  
Date Palm ◽  
Exposure Period ◽  
Rhynchophorus Ferrugineus ◽  
Internal Tissue ◽  
Red Palm Weevil ◽  
Rhinoceros Beetle ◽  
Planting Material ◽  
Palm Weevil ◽  
Longhorn Beetle ◽  
The World

Date palm offshoots represent an important source of planting material in many date palm-growing countries around the world. Infestation by the red palm weevil ((RPW) Rhynchophorus ferrugineus), the longhorn beetle ((LHB) Jebusaea hammerschmidti) and the rhinoceros beetle ((OB) Oryctes spp.) hinders commercialization and movement of these offshoots. An effective quarantine protocol, with exposure period of 72 h at 25 °C using ECO2FUME (EF) with phosphine concentration of 1500 ppm has been developed for date palm offshoots against these coleopteran internal tissue borers.

Integrated Pest Management — How to do It?

1996 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reuben Ausher
Keyword(s):  
Pest Management ◽  
Chemical Control ◽  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
Crop Protection ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
Modern Agriculture ◽  
The World ◽  
Synthetic Pesticides ◽  
Control Failures ◽  
Intensive Control

Protection of crop and ornamental plants from noxious organisms — insects, nematodes, mites, pathogens and weeds — is indispensable to modern agriculture. Despite intensive control efforts, about 50% of the world's crops are lost to these organisms, at an estimated annual cost of about 400 billion dollars. Ever since the advent of synthetic pesticides in the 1940s, modern crop protection has been largely based on chemical control. Pesticide expenditures are about 20% of total farming input costs, although this figure varies substantially according to crop and region. Mounting environmental concerns and pest control failures have made It increasingly clear that the use of toxic pesticides In agriculture should be drastically reduced all over the world.

scholarly journals Intercropping Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) with Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annum) Reduces Major Pest Population Densities without Impacting Natural Enemy Populations

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
Xiao-wei Li ◽  
Xin-xin Lu ◽  
Zhi-jun Zhang ◽  
Jun Huang ◽  
Jin-ming Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Pest Control ◽  
Natural Enemies ◽  
Natural Enemy ◽  
Sweet Pepper ◽  
Population Densities ◽  
Pest Population ◽  
Major Pest ◽  
Population Suppression

Intercropping of aromatic plants provides an environmentally benign route to reducing pest damage in agroecosystems. However, the effect of intercropping on natural enemies, another element which may be vital to the success of an integrated pest management approach, varies in different intercropping systems. Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis L. (Lamiaceae), has been reported to be repellent to many insect species. In this study, the impact of sweet pepper/rosemary intercropping on pest population suppression was evaluated under greenhouse conditions and the effect of rosemary intercropping on natural enemy population dynamics was investigated. The results showed that intercropping rosemary with sweet pepper significantly reduced the population densities of three major pest species on sweet pepper, Frankliniella intonsa, Myzus persicae, and Bemisia tabaci, but did not affect the population densities of their natural enemies, the predatory bug, Orius sauteri, or parasitoid, Encarsia formosa. Significant pest population suppression with no adverse effect on released natural enemy populations in the sweet pepper/rosemary intercropping system suggests this could be an approach for integrated pest management of greenhouse-cultivated sweet pepper. Our results highlight the potential of the integration of alternative pest control strategies to optimize sustainable pest control.

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