Biological control of insect pests by insect parasitoids and predators: the BIOCAT database.

Greathead, D. J.; Greathead, A.

doi:10.1079/cabireviews/19921166435

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“…The natural enemies of the pollinating weevil, E. kamerunicus are the parasitoid nematodes Aphelenchoides bicaudatus and Cylindrocorpus inevectus attacking during pupal stage [14]. The pupae were found to be severely infested with A. bicaudatus then were treated until nematode-free before being released [15].…”

Section: Pollinating Weevil Elaedobius Kamerunicusmentioning

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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Oil Palm, Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

Pinnamaneni¹,

Kalidas²

2023

Palm Oil - Current Status and Updates

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The edible oil of Elaeis guineensis Jacq., oil palm, is crucial in filling the demand gap and meet the growing need for edible oil worldwide. Although all precautions have been taken to minimize the introduction of pest populations along with seed sprouts from importing countries, some pests are still found to invade crops and cause production losses. Most of these populations have been found to come from other Arecaceae palms such as coconut, palmyrah and betel nut that may be commonly found around oil palm fields. It has been estimated that the above pests reduced oil palm yield by 20–30%, persisted for several years after attack, depending on cultivation methods, and returned to previous yield levels within a few years of attack. The minor pests of coconut, palmyrah, and maize, psychid and slug caterpillar were discovered to be very invasive on oil palm, resulting in output losses of up to 50%. The presence of favorable conditions such as low temperature and high humidity within oil palm plantations may possibly be the reason for migration. The production losses caused by these migratory pests affect the sustainability of the produce and thus agriculture, so it is important to apply the good management practices.

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Section: Pollinating Weevil Elaedobius Kamerunicusmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Oil Palm, Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

Pinnamaneni¹,

Kalidas²

2023

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“…Other Microgastrinae species mentioned in some references (e.g. Greathead & Greathead 1992;Harvey et al 1999, see also compilation of references in Yu et al 2016) are almost certainly incorrect and should not be considered further. On a global level P. brassicae is attacked by several other wasp species as well as fly parasitoids.…”

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“…On a global level P. brassicae is attacked by several other wasp species as well as fly parasitoids. Again many of the records of Ichneumonoidea cited in Yu et al (2016), as well as in the primary literature (Greathead & Greathead 1992;Neira et al 1989;Razmi et al 2011;Shahram & Debjani 2013) need to be treated with great suspicion unless their identity and positive association https://doi.org/10.17159/2254-8854/2022/a11738 with P. brassicae is confirmed. Apart from C. glomerata, the campoplegine ichneumonid, Hyposoter ebeninus (Gravenhorst, 1829), is another koinobiont larval parasitoid attacking P. brassicae (Shaw et al 2016), and a Brachymeria species (Chalcididae) is also an occasional primary parasitoid of the pupa (Shaw et al 2009).…”

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Identity of wasp parasitoids (Hymenoptera) attacking Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) in South Africa

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The alien invasive large cabbage white, Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pieridae), although introduced into South Africa more than 27 years ago, has not dramatically expanded its distribution, possibly because it is effectively attacked by two parasitoid wasp species. Even though there is a cohort of parasitoid species associated with P. brassicae in the Northern Hemisphere, these are the only two recorded parasitoids in South Africa. We determine these parasitoid wasps as Cotesia glomerata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) and Pteromalus puparum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pteromalidae), and provide high resolution images and DNA barcodes to facilitate their recognition. This is the first record of C. glomerata from the Afrotropical region.

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“…We specifically focus on the importation biological control releases of parasitoids, which are the most commonly used biocontrol agents against exotic insect herbivore pests (Greathead & Greathead, 1992; Stiling & Cornelissen, 2005). Establishment of parasitoids and other natural enemies introduced for biocontrol is at under 33% worldwide (Cock et al, 2016) and around 54% in North America (Van Driesche et al, 2020), which, while relatively successful, shows that we still have a lot to learn about the factors that may be important for establishment into a new environment.…”

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Traits across trophic levels interact to influence parasitoid establishment in biological control releases

Jarrett

Szűcs

2022

Ecology and Evolution

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A central goal in ecology is to predict what governs a species’ ability to establish in a new environment. One mechanism driving establishment success is individual species’ traits, but the role of trait combinations among interacting species across different trophic levels is less clear. Deliberate or accidental species additions to existing communities provide opportunities to study larger scale patterns of establishment success. Biological control introductions are especially valuable because they contain data on both the successfully established and unestablished species. Here, we used a recent dataset of importation biological control introductions to explore how life‐history traits of 132 parasitoid species and their herbivorous hosts interact to affect parasitoid establishment. We find that of five parasitoid and herbivore traits investigated, one parasitoid trait—host range—weakly predicts parasitoid establishment; parasitoids with higher levels of phylogenetic specialization have higher establishment success, though the effect is marginal. In addition, parasitoids are more likely to establish when their herbivore host has had a shorter residence time. Interestingly, we do not corroborate earlier findings that gregarious parasitoids and endoparasitoids are more likely to establish. Most importantly, we find that life‐history traits of the parasitoid species and their hosts can interact to influence establishment. Specifically, parasitoids with broader host ranges are more likely to establish when the herbivore they have been released to control is also more of a generalist. These results provide insight into how multiple species’ traits and their interactions, both within and across trophic levels, can influence establishment of species of higher trophic levels.

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Biological control of insect pests by insect parasitoids and predators: the BIOCAT database.

Cited by 2,584 publications

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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Oil Palm, Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Oil Palm, Elaeis guineensis Jacq.

Identity of wasp parasitoids (Hymenoptera) attacking Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) in South Africa

Traits across trophic levels interact to influence parasitoid establishment in biological control releases

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