Approaches to conservation of Nesidiocoris tenuis for biological control of pests in field-grown tomato in Senegal

Chailleux, Anaïs; Ndjiliw, Saliou; Diakhaté, Massamba; Akodjetin, Grace Falone; Correa, Philippe; Déletré, Emilie; Brévault, Thierry

doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2022.104984

Biological Control

2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2022.104984

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Approaches to conservation of Nesidiocoris tenuis for biological control of pests in field-grown tomato in Senegal

Anaïs Chailleux

Saliou Ndjiliw²,

Massamba Diakhaté³

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“…It has recently been observed that phytophagy could be genetically regulated, and selecting for less phytophagous strains is possible (Chinchilla-Ramírez et al 2020). In addition, earlier ideas, such as using companion plants or adding alternative foods, have been explored to minimize damage caused by N. tenuis to the crop (Biondi et al 2016;Siscaro et al 2019;Urbaneja-Bernat et al 2019;Chailleux et al 2022).…”

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Combined use of zoophytophagous mirids for sustainable biological protection of greenhouse tomato crops

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Monticelli

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Tuta absoluta and Bemisia tabaci are two key worldwide tomato pests. In response to chemical control limits, the use of zoophytophagous mirid predators as biocontrol agents is being increasingly studied and proposed for the management of these pests. However, the use of some mirid species and in particular Nesidiocoris tenuis, which naturally occurs in European tomato crops, is controversial due to its ability to inflict significant damage on tomato plants (necrotic rings) in parallel of its high predation capacity. Combining other mirid species such as Macrolophus pygmaeus and Dicyphus errans with N. tenuis could reduce the population growth of T. absoluta and of B. tabaci, while maintaining N. tenuis populations below a critical crop damage threshold. In this study, we tested the effect of combining N. tenuis with M. pygmaeus (at two densities: 10 and 15 individuals per plant) and with or without D. errans (five individuals per plant) on the abundance of all insects (predators and pests) for 8 weeks. We also measured leaf damage by T. absoluta and plant and flower damage (necrotic rings, flower abortion rate) by N. tenuis. We found that the combined presence of D. errans, M. pygmaeus and N. tenuis rapidly and significantly reduced the densities of B. tabaci adults, and T. absoluta larvae and damage compared to when M. pygmaeus (with both densities) was only present with N. tenuis. The presence of D. errans was critical to reduce N. tenuis population growth and necrotic rings on tomato plants, while higher densities of M. pygmaeus density reduced the rate of aborted flowers by N. tenuis. The manipulation of M. pygmaeus densities added to the presence of D. errans could provide a sustainable solution to control multiple pests simultaneously while reducing the damaging phytophagous activity of N. tenuis in tomato crops.

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Approaches to conservation of Nesidiocoris tenuis for biological control of pests in field-grown tomato in Senegal

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Special issue on recent advances in zoophytophagous arthropods for agroecosystems sustainability

Special issue on recent advances in zoophytophagous arthropods for agroecosystems sustainability

Combined use of zoophytophagous mirids for sustainable biological protection of greenhouse tomato crops

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