Efficiency of the newly recorded pupal parasitoid Pediobius furvus (Gahan) for controlling Sesamia cretica (Led.) pupae in Egypt |
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| Authors: | N E El-Wakeil K T Awadallah H TH Farghaly A -AM Ibrahim Z A Ragab |
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| Institution: | 1. Pests &2. Plant Protection Department , National Research Centre , Dokki, Cairo, Egypt n_emara@islamway.net;4. Economic Entomology and Pesticides Department, Agriculture Faculty , Cairo University , Egypt;5. Plant Protection Department , National Research Centre , Dokki, Cairo, Egypt |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Pediobius furvus (Gahan) (Eulophidae: Hymenoptera) was recorded as a new pupal parasitoid (gregarious endo-parasitoid) of Sesamia cretica pupae (Led.) in El-Noubaria region (El-Beheira Governorate), Egypt. This study was conducted in maize and sorghum fields in El-Beheira and Giza Governorates in Egypt during 1994 and 1995. The percentage parasitism was 8.4 and 15.4% in August and September, respectively. The number of parasitoids emerging from one pupa ranged from 28 to 222. It has been concluded that this new species is a gregarious endo-parasitoid that pupates inside its host. Pediobius furvus has a high reproductive ability, which may afford mass production and enable mass release of the parasitoid to control S. cretica in maize fields. |
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| Keywords: | Pediobius furvus pupal parasitoid Sesamia cretica maize |
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