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The fate of released parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Aphidiinae) for biological control of aphids in Chile

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Petr Starý
Petr Starý*
Affiliation:
Institute of Entomology, Czech Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
*
Dr. P. Starý, Institute of Entomology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Branišovská 31, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
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Abstract

Research on aphid-parasitoid associations was carried out in Chile in 1979–80 and 1991–92 on the biological control of the cereal aphid pests Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker), Sitobion avenae (Fabricius), and Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko). The introduced parasitoid species, Aphidius ervi Haliday, A. rhopalosiphi De Stefani Perez, A. smithi Sharma & Subba Rao, A. uzbekistanicus Luzhetski, Ephedrus cerasicola Starý, E. nacheri QuilisPerez, E. plagiator (Nees), Monoctonus nervosus (Haliday), Prnon gallicum Starý, P. volucre (Haliday) were all recovered in cereal and other ecosystems. Most of the parasitoids had adapted well and some of them had even extended their host range; ecological relationships were all found to extend beyond those of the target pests. The parasitoid complex, which had developed from the indigenous and introduced species, was found to be successful in preventive biocontrol and the endemic fauna of Chile was not affected.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 83 , Issue 4 , December 1993 , pp. 633 - 639
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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