Performance of four Chinese Trichogramma species as biocontrol agents of the rice striped stem borer, Chilo suppressalis, under various temperature and humidity regimes

Yuan, Xiao-Hua; Song, Li-Wei; Zhang, Junjie; Zang, Lian‐Sheng; Zhu, Li; Ruan, Chang‐Chun; Sun, Guozhe

doi:10.1007/s10340-012-0456-8

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“…Trichogramma japonicum, T. chilonis, and T. leucaniae have shown great potential as biological control agents of the rice stem borer C. suppressalis and the soybean pod borer L. glycinivorella (Yuan et al, 2012;Zhang et al, 2014;Song et al, 2015). We found that all three Trichogramma species prefer parasitizing UV-irradiated fertilized eggs of C. cephalonica with little negative effect of the irradiation on parasitoid development.…”

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“…Reproduction of parasitoids depends on suitability to selected hosts for immature development (Vinson & Iwantsch, 1980), and it is believed that some parasitoids are able to discriminate host qualities in order to optimize reproduction. We selected Trichogramma japonicum Ashmead, and Trichogramma chilonis Ishii, parasitoids for controlling C. suppressalis (Yuan et al, 2012;Zhang et al, 2014), and Trichogramma leucaniae Pang & Chen, potential biological control agent for the soybean pod borer, Leguminivora glycinivorella Matsumura (Song et al, 2015), and reared them on C. cephalonica, a relatively low-cost medium (Greenberg et al, 1998;Wang et al, 2014). We selected Trichogramma japonicum Ashmead, and Trichogramma chilonis Ishii, parasitoids for controlling C. suppressalis (Yuan et al, 2012;Zhang et al, 2014), and Trichogramma leucaniae Pang & Chen, potential biological control agent for the soybean pod borer, Leguminivora glycinivorella Matsumura (Song et al, 2015), and reared them on C. cephalonica, a relatively low-cost medium (Greenberg et al, 1998;Wang et al, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…650 species and about 70 species have been employed in biological control programs on row crops, fruits, and forest trees (Li, 1994;Kumar et al, 2009). In China, a considerable number of Trichogrammatidae parasitoids has been released to over 32 million ha of crop and forest to control insect pests in the past decades (Li, 1994;Smith, 1996;Yuan et al, 2012;Zhang et al, 2015).…”

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Effect of fertilized, unfertilized, and UV‐irradiated hosts on parasitism and suitability for Trichogramma parasitoids

Yang

Ying

et al. 2016

Entomologia Exp Applicata

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Trichogramma spp. (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) parasitoids have been commonly used as biological control agents in insect pest management. Host quality is believed to influence parasitism, host preference, and suitability for parasitoids. To date, limited studies have compared the parasitism of Trichogramma parasitoids on fertilized, unfertilized, and sterilized host eggs. Hence, we studied the performance of three Trichogramma egg parasitoids, Trichogramma japonicum Ashmead, Trichogramma chilonis Ishii, and Trichogramma leucaniae Pang & Chen, on fertilized, unfertilized, and ultraviolet (UV)-irradiated fertilized (UVF) eggs of rice moth, Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). In a no-choice test, T. japonicum and T. leucaniae parasitized significantly more fertilized or UVF than unfertilized hosts, and T. chilonis parasitized significantly more UVF than either fertilized or unfertilized hosts. In a choice test, all three Trichogramma parasitoids parasitized UVF hosts the most, and unfertilized hosts the least. There were similar percentages of adult emergence and female progeny among fertilized, unfertilized, and UVF hosts for all three Trichogramma parasitoids, except that T. japonicum had significantly lower adult emergence on fertilized hosts. We also found that all three Trichogramma parasitoids developed slower on unfertilized hosts. Regardless of host treatments, T. leucaniae had the longest developmental time and T. chilonis had the shortest. We conclude that Trichogramma parasitoids prefer parasitizing UVF eggs of C. cephalonica without negative effects on their emergence and sex allocation.

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Effect of fertilized, unfertilized, and UV‐irradiated hosts on parasitism and suitability for Trichogramma parasitoids

Yang

Ying

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Entomologia Exp Applicata

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“…The parasitism rate of a host by a parasitoid and the emergence rate of the parasitoid are mostly utilized to evaluate the suitability of a host to a parasitoid (Cossentine, Lemieux, & Zhang, ; El‐Wakeil, ; Miura & Kobayashi, ; Nathan, Kalaivani, Mankin, & Murugan, ; Pizzol, Desneux, Wajnberg, & Thiéry, ; Romeis, Shanower, & Zebitz, ; Ruberson & Kring, ; Song, Bourchier, & Smith, ; Yuan et al., ). The two parameters represent the parasitization ability and the survival rate of the parasitoid.…”

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Suitability assessment of three Trichogramma species in the control of Mythimna separata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Huang

Hua

Zhang

et al. 2017

J Applied Entomology

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Mythimna separata (Walker) is a serious cosmopolitan pest. Trichogramma species have been used worldwide as biological control agents of lepidopteran pests. However, no data on the control efficiency of Trichogramma species on this pest have been reported. We evaluated the suitability of M. separata eggs for three Trichogramma species, Trichogramma dendrolimi Matsumura, T. ostriniae Pang et Chen and T. japonicum Ashmead, and compared the suitability with that of Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton) eggs. The parasitism rate, development time, emergence rate, female proportion, body size and egg load of female offspring indicated that the M. separata egg is a suitable host for the three Trichogramma species. On the other hand, the non‐emergence rate and the relationship between egg load and body size reflected that M. separata eggs are less suitable for the three Trichogramma species than C. cephalonica eggs. Egg resorption occurred in T. japonicum 4 days after emergence.

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“…In crops with no chemical control, depending on the population of noctuid caterpillars, such as Mocis latipes (Guenée, 1852), Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, 1797), Spodoptera litura (Fabricius, 1775), Leucania humidicola (Guenée, 1852), Pseudaletia (=Mythimna, Leucania) adultera (Schaus, 1894), P. sequax (Flanclemont, 1951) and the crambid Chilo suppressalis (Walker, 1863), losses can reach 100% (GRÜTZMACHER et al, 1999a, b;LOECK et al, 1999;MARTINS et al, 2004b;2009;AFONSO, 2007;BARRIGOSSI, 2010;SHAD et al, 2012;YUAN et al, 2012).…”

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Simulated attack of defoliating insects on upland rice cultivated in new agricultural frontier from amazon rainforest region (Brazil) and its effect on grain production

Krinski

Foerster

2017

Biosci. J.

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ABSTRACT:Simulation of the attack of defoliating insects provides a measurement of the level of damage that the crop can support at a given developmental stage and also allows to quantify the loss of productivity. This study evaluated the effects of increasing levels of artificial defoliation in upland rice plants under field conditions, on grain production at three phenological stages, vegetative stage V8 (collar formation in the 8th leaf of the main stem), vegetative stage V12 (formation of the flag leaf) and reproductive stage R3/R4 (liberation of the panicle or anthesis). The percentage of damage at all stages increased significantly from 25% defoliation, and was higher when defoliation occurred in V8 and V12. Defoliation levels up to 50% in the reproductive stage did not influence the quantity of filled grains, total spikelets per panicle and weight of filled grains per panicle, and thus the pest control is not required at this stage. The data show that the control of leaf-chewing insects in upland rice should be restricted to the vegetative stage.

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Performance of four Chinese Trichogramma species as biocontrol agents of the rice striped stem borer, Chilo suppressalis, under various temperature and humidity regimes

Cited by 73 publications

References 28 publications

Effect of fertilized, unfertilized, and UV‐irradiated hosts on parasitism and suitability for Trichogramma parasitoids

Effect of fertilized, unfertilized, and UV‐irradiated hosts on parasitism and suitability for Trichogramma parasitoids

Suitability assessment of three Trichogramma species in the control of Mythimna separata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Simulated attack of defoliating insects on upland rice cultivated in new agricultural frontier from amazon rainforest region (Brazil) and its effect on grain production

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