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Effects of temperature and host-plant on regulation of glasshouse mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) populations by introduced parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

C. C. D. Tingle  and
M. J. W. Copland
C. C. D. Tingle
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Wye College (University of London), Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5AH, UK
M. J. W. Copland
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Wye College (University of London), Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5AH, UK
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Abstract

Introduction of parasitoids gave improved biological control of Planococcus citri (Risso) in a large glasshouse stocked with a variety of ornamental plants, supplementing that achieved by the predator Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant. Following parasitoid release, there was evidence of pest population regulation on guava and coffee bushes with reduced and stabilized mealybug numbers and stable percentage parasitism. The mean temperature during one sampling period was significantly correlated with the percentage parasitism two months later, indicating that temperature has a major impact on parasitoid efficiency. Leptomastidea abnormis (Girault) was responsible for about 90% of the parasitism observed; the remainder was by Leptomastix dactylopii Howard. The effects of supplementary inoculative releases of Leptomastidea abnormis were variable, but resulted in increased percentage parasitism only when the number released contributed significantly to those already established. No evidence of pest population regulation was found on Aristolochia or Passiflora vines nor on potted Gesneriaceae plants of the genera Streptocarpus and Saintpaulia. Peak mealybug populations on these last plants coincided with periods of new growth, fruiting or flowering. Host-plant quality thus seems to be a major factor inducing mealybug outbreaks.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 78 , Issue 1 , March 1988 , pp. 135 - 142
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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