Natural enemies ofAnthonomus eugenii(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Canada
| Autor: | Gary A. P. Gibson, D. Gagnier, Jose Fernandez-Triana, C. McCreary, R.M. Labbé, Tara D. Gariepy, R. Hilker, Peter G. Mason |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0106 biological sciences
Pepper weevil Eupelmidae biology Physiology Weevil Biological pest control biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences 010602 entomology Agronomy Structural Biology Anthonomus Insect Science Curculionidae Pepper Molecular Biology Braconidae Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | The Canadian Entomologist. 150:404-411 |
| ISSN: | 1918-3240 0008-347X |
| DOI: | 10.4039/tce.2018.3 |
| Popis: | The pepper weevil,Anthonomus eugeniiCano (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is the most important pest of pepper (CapsicumLinnaeus; Solanaceae) crops in North America. Native to Mexico, the southern United States of America, and Central America, it is intercepted in Canada when peppers are imported to supplement domestic production. Given the proximity of greenhouse and field production to packing facilities, this pest poses a serious risk to the cultivation of peppers in Canada. Once established, it is difficult to control because immature stages of the weevil are protected within the pepper fruit. As such, chemical control targeting these life stages is not effective, and other strategies, including biological control, may prove useful. To explore the potential for biological control options to manage the pepper weevil in areas at risk in Canada, natural enemy surveys were conducted in southern Ontario following the reports of transient, localised field populations in 2016. Parasitoids belonging to three Hymenoptera families including Pteromalidae (Jaliscoa hunteriCrawford,Pteromalus anthonomiAshmead), Eupelmidae (Eupelmus pulchricepsCameron), and Braconidae (NealiolusMason species,BraconFabricius species) were reared from infested field-collected pepper fruits. Together, these new natural enemy records could facilitate the exploration and development of novel agents for the biological control of the pepper weevil. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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