Development of Dichelops melacanthus and its egg parasitoid Telenomus podisi reared on Bt-soybean MON 87701 x MON 89788 and its near conventional isoline under different temperatures

Abstract

Dichelops melacanthus was studied under controlled conditions (60 ± 10% RH and 14/10 h L/D photoperiod), and three constant temperatures (19, 25, and 31 ± 2 °C). Fresh pods of MON 87701 × MON 89788 soybeans and its near non-Bt isoline (A5547) were supplied to nymphs and adults. The biology of T. podisi was studied in the same controlled RH conditions, but only at the standard temperature of 25 ± 2 °C. Overall, the development of D. melacanthus was better at higher temperatures, which accelerated the development of the stink bug without affecting adult biological parameters. No infl uence of Bt-soybeans on the biology of the pest was observed in any temperature studied, which shows that D. melacanthus is not affected by this transgenic soybean. The egg parasitoid T. podisi also was not harmed when it parasitized eggs of the pest fed with MON 87701 × MON 89788 soybeans, with similar results to those obtained in non-Bt isogenic soybeans. Thus, this study demonstrates that D. melacanthus is favored at high temperatures (31 ± 2 °C), and that neither did MON 87701 × MON 89788 soybean pods affect the development of the pest nor its parasitoid T. podisi.

Modelo computacional para determinação de estratégia de liberação de >i<Telenomus podisi>/i< Ashmead, 1893 (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) para o controle de >i<Euschistus heros>/i< (Fabricius, 1974) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

“…A cultura da soja [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] é afetada por diversos insetos-praga responsáveis por reduzir seu potencial produtivo e dificultar a obtenção de melhores rendimentos do grão (BORTOLOTTO et al, 2016). Dentre eles, os percevejos fitófagos da família Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) são considerados o grupo mais importante para a cultura no Brasil (PERES; CORRÊA-FERREIRA, 2004).…”