Low Doses of a Neonicotinoid Stimulate Reproduction in a Beneficial Predatory Insect
| Autor: | G C Cutler, Rachel R. Rix |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
Insecticides media_common.quotation_subject Fertility 01 natural sciences Heteroptera Toxicology Neonicotinoids 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Imidacloprid parasitic diseases Animals Beneficial insects Nymph 030304 developmental biology media_common 2. Zero hunger 0303 health sciences Ecology biology Reproduction fungi Neonicotinoid Hormesis General Medicine Pentatomidae biology.organism_classification Fecundity 010602 entomology chemistry Predatory Behavior Insect Science Female |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Economic Entomology. 113:2179-2186 |
| ISSN: | 1938-291X 0022-0493 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jee/toaa169 |
| Popis: | Biological stimulation induced by low doses of toxicants or other stressors is known as hormesis. Hormetic stimulation of life history traits in insect pests can negatively impact agriculture, but stimulation of beneficial insects could be leveraged to enhance biological control agents. We examined whether low doses of imidacloprid could enhance oviposition, fecundity, fertility, and survival in the beneficial stink bug predator, Podisus maculiventris (Say) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), exposed at different life stages and across two generations. When treated as young adults, P. maculiventris fecundity was stimulated at 0.5 and 1.0 mg/liter imidacloprid ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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