Banker Plants for Aphid Biological Control in Greenhouses

Miller, Tracey L Payton; Rebek, Eric J.

doi:10.1093/jipm/pmy002

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“…This aphid is one of the main pests in protected pepper crops under glasshouse conditions in Southeastern Spain 3 . On pepper crops, aphids are managed with biological control (parasitoids and predators) and chemical treatments 3–5 . The use of chemicals is limited as a consequence of the few available authorized insecticides and uncertain compatibility with natural enemies 6 …”

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Aphicidal activity of farnesol against the green peach aphid – Myzus persicae

Cantó‐Tejero

Guirao

Pascual‐Villalobos

2022

Pest Management Science

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BACKGROUND: Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) is considered one of most important agricultural pests in the world. It is one of the main pests in protected pepper crops under glasshouse conditions in Southeastern Spain, but its control is limited as a consequence of the few available authorized insecticides and their incompatibility with the natural enemies. Some essential oils and pure compounds such as anise (Pimpinella anisum) or farnesol are repellent and/or toxic to aphids. Their use as a botanical insecticides can be an alternative for aphid control in pepper.RESULTS: The effect of farnesol was evaluated against M. persicae in a new bioassay developed to test the contact effect (aqueous formulation of the products) on aphids in laboratory conditions. Aniseed essential oil, geraniol and (Z)-jasmone at 0.6% causes an aphid mortality of >50%; and farnesol was the most effective (93.67% mortality). Farnesol nanoemulsions between 0.2% and 0.6% were formulated with an IKA-Labor Pilot dispersing machine (7940 rpm for 10 min) using Tween 80 as a surfactant. These formulations were tested on field experiments (glasshouse conditions) on pepper crops for 2 years. Foliar applications of farnesol at a concentration of 0.4% in field conditions causes a high reduction in aphid populations, with efficacies of ≈70-80% with respect to the control, similar to or even higher than the efficacy of the reference pyrethrin insecticide.CONCLUSION: Farnesol showed a great aphicidal effect against M. persicae. The use of this molecule in integrated pest management programs combined with natural enemies is a good option for future control of M. persicae.

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confidence: 99%

Aphicidal activity of farnesol against the green peach aphid – Myzus persicae

Cantó‐Tejero

Guirao

Pascual‐Villalobos

2022

Pest Management Science

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“…Previous studies indicated limited success at the field scale of the use of floral resources and the introduction of biological control agents. This is likely due to an inability to control the environment, a lack of optimization, a poor understanding of tritrophic connections and of how these various resources contribute to sustaining beneficial insect populations .…”

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Management of yellow dwarf disease in Europe in a post‐neonicotinoid agriculture

Namara

Gauthier

Walsh

et al. 2020

Pest Management Science

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Barley/cereal yellow dwarf viruses (YDVs) cause yellow dwarf disease (YDD), which is a continuous risk to cereals production worldwide. These viruses cause leaf yellowing and stunting, resulting in yield reductions of up to 80%. YDVs have been a consistent but low-level problem in European cereal cultivation for the last three decades, mostly due to the availability of several effective insecticides (largely pyrethroids and more recently neonicotinoids) against aphid vectors. However, this has changed recently, with many insecticides being lost, culminating in a recent European Union (EU) regulation prohibiting outdoor use of the neonicotinoid-insecticide compounds. This change is coupled with the growing challenge of insecticide-resistant aphids, the lack of genetic resources against YDVs, and a knowledge deficit around the parameters responsible for the emergence and spread of YDD. This means that economic sustainability of cereal cultivation in several European countries including France and United Kingdom is now again threatened by this aphid-vectored viral disease. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge on the YDV pathosystem, describe management options against YDD, analyse the impacts of the neonicotinoid ban in Europe, and consider future strategies to control YDV.

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“…Banker plant systems can be divided into two groups: (1) plants providing non-pest prey/host (2) plants producing nonprey food sources (pollen and nectar). Diverse publications provide complete inventories of the banker plant systems and their potential Frank, 2010;Huang et al, 2011;Ying et al, 2012;Miller et al, 2017;Miller, 2018;Payton Miller and Rebek, 2018). An overview of banker plant systems is given in Tables 2-4.…”

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“…Episyrphus sp. Fischer, 1997 Greater Bennison, 1992;Lamparter, 1992;Albert, 1995;Conte, 1998;Jacobson and Croft, 1998;Van Schelt, 1999;Nagasaka and Oya, 2003;Saito, 2005Nagasaka et al, 2010Jandricic et al, 2014;McClure, 2014;McClure and Frank, 2015;Miller et al, 2017;Miller, 2018 the system, due to inconsistent efficacy, labor (handling and maintenance), sink effects, and/or issues with hyperparasitoids (Jacobson and Croft, 1998;Van Driesche et al, 2008;McClure and Frank, 2015;Payton Miller and Rebek, 2018). Furthermore, the parasitoid species reared on banker plant systems are not necessarily efficient against all occurring target pest species, such as the potato aphid, Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas), and the foxglove aphid, Aulacorthum solani (Kaltenbach) (Van Driesche et al, 2008;Nagasaka et al, 2010;Prado et al, 2015).…”

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Predators and Parasitoids-in-First: From Inundative Releases to Preventative Biological Control in Greenhouse Crops

Pijnakker

Vangansbeke

Duarte

et al. 2020

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Repeated mass introductions of natural enemies have been widely used as a biological control strategy in greenhouse systems when the resident population of natural enemies is insufficient to suppress the pests. As an alternative strategy, supporting the establishment and population development of beneficials can be more effective and economical. The preventative establishment of predators and parasitoids, before the arrival of pests, has become a key element to the success of biological control programs. This “Predators and parasitoids-in-first” strategy is used both in Inoculative Biological Control (IBC), and in Conservation Biological Control (CBC). Here, we provide an overview of tools used to boost resident populations of biocontrol agents.

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Banker Plants for Aphid Biological Control in Greenhouses

Cited by 26 publications

References 59 publications

Aphicidal activity of farnesol against the green peach aphid – Myzus persicae

Aphicidal activity of farnesol against the green peach aphid – Myzus persicae

Management of yellow dwarf disease in Europe in a post‐neonicotinoid agriculture

Predators and Parasitoids-in-First: From Inundative Releases to Preventative Biological Control in Greenhouse Crops

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