Title: | Biological basis for adoption of an isoline of Telenomus remus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) for an augmentative biological-control program for Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) |
Author(s): | de Lacerda LF; Coelho A; de Paula PH; Amorim DJ; Demetrio CGB; Parra JRP; |
Address: | "Department of Entomology and Acarology, 'Luiz de Queiroz' College of Agriculture (ESALQ), University of Sao Paulo (USP), Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Department of Exact Sciences, 'Luiz de Queiroz' College of Agriculture (ESALQ), University of Sao Paulo (USP), Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1536-2442 (Electronic) 1536-2442 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "The widely distributed, polyphagous fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, 1797), is one of the most important crop pests worldwide. The egg-parasitoid wasp, Telenomus remus Nixon, 1937, is frequently described as a possible control agent for S. frugiperda. We selected an isoline of T. remus and evaluated its parasitism potential (for 24 h) in S. frugiperda eggs, in laboratory conditions, and also its ability to fly at different temperatures and relative humidity levels, aiming to provide basic information about this isoline. The selected isoline maintained good flight capacity without affecting its parasitism efficiency or developing inefficient haplotypes for biological-control programs, compared across generations to a regularline laboratory-reared for more than 60 generations. The flight capacity of the isoline was best at 25-30 degrees C and relative humidity 70-90%" |
Keywords: | Animals Ovum Spodoptera/genetics *Wasps *Biological Control Agents egg parasitoid fall armyworm quality control sustainability; |
Notes: | "Medlinede Lacerda, Lucas Fonseca Coelho, Aloisio de Paula, Pedro Holtz Amorim, Deoclecio J Demetrio, Clarice G B Parra, Jose Roberto Postali eng FAPESP 2014/50871-0/CNPq 465511/2014-7/National Institute of Science and Technology Semiochemicals in Agriculture/ 2023/09/18 J Insect Sci. 2023 Sep 1; 23(5):6. doi: 10.1093/jisesa/iead045" |