Topical Collection: Natural Enemies and Biological Control of Plant Pests

Riddick, Eric W.

doi:10.3390/insects13050421

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“…It is advisable to turn attention to alternatives such as biological solutions (SP-IPM, 2006;Sharma et al, 2013) which have started to be promoted more and more in recent years (Barratt et al, 2018;Armarego-Marriott, 2022). Among these solutions, biological control with natural enemies that feed on pests and have a predatory or parasitic regime is probably the most appropriate (Riddick, 2022).…”

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Biodiversity of Insect Pests in The Agroecosystems of Maize (Zea Mays L.) In Telangana State, India

Mallesh,

Davella,

Kalpana

et al. 2023

J. Adv. Zool.

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The study was conducted at maize/ corn crop fields in Nalgonda, Warangal, and Ranga Reddy, erstwhile districts of Telangana state, India, during the 2021–22 Kharif and Rabi seasons. Main objective of the study is to investigate Biodiversity of insect pests in the agroecosystems of maize (Zea mays L.) in Telangana state, India. Sweep net and hand-picking methods were used to collect insect pests on maize/ corn fields. sixteen insect pest’s species were observed, belonging to Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera, and Orthoptera orders in the class Insecta of the Arthropoda phylum of the Kingdom Animalia. The order Lepidoptera represented the highest number of eight species followed by Hemiptera three species, Coleoptera two species, Orthoptera two species and Diptera one species. The family Noctuidae of lepidoptera was the richest with eight species followed by Acrididae of Orthoptera with two species, Chrysomelidae of Coleoptera with one species, Scarabaeidae of Coleoptera with one species, Muscidae of Diptera with one species, Aphididae of Hemiptera with one species, Lophopidae of Hemiptera with one species, and Derbidae of Hemiptera with one species on maize/ corn crop fields. Ecological indices of insect pest’s species i.e., Species diversity (Shannon-Wiener Index), Species richness (Margalefs Index) and Species evenness (Pielou Evenness Index) were calculated.

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Biodiversity of Insect Pests in The Agroecosystems of Maize (Zea Mays L.) In Telangana State, India

Mallesh,

Davella,

Kalpana

et al. 2023

J. Adv. Zool.

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Modeling climate change impacts on potential global distribution of Tamarixia radiata Waterston (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

Aidoo¹,

Souza

Silva

et al. 2023

Science of The Total Environment

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Parasitic behavior and developmental morphology of Mesocomys trabalae (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), a promising parasitoid of the Japanese giant silkworm Caligula japonica (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)

Wang,

Chen,

Zhou

et al. 2024

Journal of Economic Entomology

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The egg parasitoid Mesocomys trabalae Yao, Yang, and Zhao is used as a biocontrol agent against the emerging defoliator pest Caligula japonica Moore in East Asia. It has been proven that the eggs of Antheraea pernyi Guérin-Méneville can be used as a factitious host for the mass production of M. trabalae. We examined the parasitic behavior and morphological characteristics of the developmental stages of M. trabalae reared on A. pernyi eggs. The parasitic behavior of M. trabalae encompasses 10 steps, involving searching, antennation, locating the oviposition site, drilling, probing, detecting, oviposition, host feeding, grooming, and resting, with the oviposition step further divided into 3 stages. We determined that the parasitoid released an egg during the second stage of the oviposition step, while her body remained in a relatively static state. Among all the steps in parasitic behavior, probing occupied the longest time, accounting for 26.33% of the entire parasitism process. It was followed by oviposition (15.88%), drilling (15.10%), antennation (13.09%), detecting (10.79%), host feeding (10.02%), and the remaining steps, each occupying less than 5.00% of the total time in steps. The pre-emergence of adult M. trabalae comprised of 4 stages: egg (0–1 day), larva (2–6 days), prepupa (7–11 days), pupa (12–20 days), followed by the development into an adult, and it usually took 20–22 days to develop from an egg into an adult at 25°C. This study advances our understanding of the biology of Mesocomys parasitoids and their mass-rearing for use in augmentation programs.

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Topical Collection: Natural Enemies and Biological Control of Plant Pests

Abstract: Natural enemies have an extensive history as biological control agents against crop pests worldwide [...]

Cited by 3 publications

References 17 publications

Biodiversity of Insect Pests in The Agroecosystems of Maize (Zea Mays L.) In Telangana State, India

Biodiversity of Insect Pests in The Agroecosystems of Maize (Zea Mays L.) In Telangana State, India

Modeling climate change impacts on potential global distribution of Tamarixia radiata Waterston (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)

Parasitic behavior and developmental morphology of Mesocomys trabalae (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae), a promising parasitoid of the Japanese giant silkworm Caligula japonica (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)

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