Graphosoma lineatum (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae): a suitable host for mass rearing Ooencyrtus telenomicida (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Issue 4 (2nd October 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Roversi, Pio Federico; Maltese, Matteo; Simoni, Sauro; Cascone, Pasquale; Binazzi, Francesco; Strangi, Agostino; Sabbatini Peverieri, Giuseppino; Guerrieri, Emilio
• Is Part Of: International journal of pest management. Volume 64:Issue 4(2018)
• Page Start: 294
• Page End: 302
• Publication Date: 2018-10-02
• Subjects: Augmentative biological control -- egg parasitoid -- crop pest -- reproductive parameters -- brown marmorated stink bug; Pests -- Control -- Periodicals; Agricultural pests -- Periodicals; Plant diseases -- Periodicals; Pesticides -- Periodicals; 632.9
• DOI: 10.1080/09670874.2017.1403059
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0967-0874

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The species Ooencyrtus telenomicida (Vassiliev) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) is currently being considered as a candidate for augmentative biological control agent (BCA) against several pests, including Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Protocols for mass production of a BCA need fundamental information on its biological attributes. Here we tested a possible laboratory host for the rearing of O. telenomicida : the common bug Graphosoma lineatum L. (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). At tested conditions, O. telenomicida biological parameters were: rm 0.154, offspring production 84.07 specimens/female, sex ratio (% females) 71%, juvenile development time about 16 days, population doubling time 4.52 days, emergence rate about 90%.