Research and application of Chouioia cunea Yang (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in China |
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| Authors: | Bei Xin Peixuan Liu Shun Zhang Zhongqi Yang Kent M Daane |
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| Institution: | 1. College of Forestry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China;2. The Key Laboratory of Forest Protection, State Forestry Administration of China, Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, People’s Republic of China;3. The Key Laboratory of Forest Protection, State Forestry Administration of China, Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, People’s Republic of China;4. Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA |
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| Abstract: | Chouioia cunea Yang (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is an effective parasitoid of many lepidopteran pests in China. Specifically, C. cunea has successfully suppressed populations of the fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea (Drury) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae), an invasive and quarantined pest in China. Fall webworm biological control programmes in China have been aided by the development of artificial rearing technology for C. cunea. While researchers have determined some aspects of this parasitoid’s biology, such as fecundity and ratio of female offspring, as well as rearing methods, there was less information on the behavioural and ecological mechanisms by which C. cunea regulates host populations. Here, we review the research and application of C. cunea since it was first discovered in China. |
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| Keywords: | Chouioia cunea fall webworm biological control artificial rearing parasitoid |
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