Influence of pesticide treatments on the dynamics of whiteflies and associated parasitoids in snap bean fields |
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Authors: | Maria R Manzano JC van Lenteren C Cardona |
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Institution: | (1) 6713 Cali, Colombia;(2) Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8031, 6700, EH Wageningen, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | To determine the influence of pesticidetreatments on the population dynamics of thewhiteflies Trialeurodes vaporariorum(Westwood) and Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae)and their naturally occurring parasitoids, weperformed field experiments on insecticidesprayed and unsprayed fields during a croppingseason of snap bean in Pradera, Valle delCauca, Colombia. Substantially largerpopulations of whitefly nymphs occurred in theunsprayed field than in the sprayed field. Parasitoids were more frequent in unsprayedthan in sprayed fields with Encarsianigricephala Dozier being more prevalent thanAmitus fuscipennis MacGown & Nebeker. Insprayed fields the nymphs parasitized by E. nigricephala exceeded the unparasitizedwhitefly nymphs at the end of the croppingseason. Our results suggest that while undercurrent agricultural practices whiteflies onsnap beans cannot be exclusively controlled bynaturally occurring parasitoids, parasitoidsmay be integrated with chemical control inorder to reduce crop damage. |
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Keywords: | Amitus fuscipennis Bemisia tabaci biological control Encarsia nigricephala insecticide parasitoids Phaseolus vulgaris Trialeurodes vaporariorum whitefly |
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