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1 June 2015 Parasitism and Suitability of Different Egg Ages of the Leguminivora glycinivorella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) for Three Indigenous Trichogramma Species
Li-Wei Song, Xuan-Ye Wen, Lian-Sheng Zang, Chang-Chun Ruan, Shu-Sen Shi, Xi-Wen Shao, Fan Zhang
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Pod borers are economically important soybean pests in temperate and tropical regions. However, the biological control of these pests using their natural insect enemies has been poorly studied to date. Indigenous natural populations of three Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) species, Trichogramma chilonis Ishii, Trichogramma ostriniae Pang & Chen, and Trichogramma leucaniae Pang & Chen, were collected from Leguminivora glycinivorella (Matsumura) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) eggs in soybean fields in China. In this study, we compare the parasitic capacities and suitabilities of three indigenous Trichogramma species on L. glycinivorella eggs at various ages. Host eggs of all ages were accepted by T. chilonis, T. ostriniae, and T. leucaniae. T. chilonis tended to parasitize 0–2-d-old eggs more than 3–4-d-old eggs. There were no significant differences in parasitism between the 0–2-d-old eggs and the 1–4-d-old eggs for T. ostriniae and T. leucaniae. For eggs at various ages, T. chilonis parasitized the smallest number of eggs, while T. leucaniae and T. ostriniae exhibited similar parasitic capacities. With 0-d-old host eggs, T. ostriniae developed over the longest time period (8.7 d), and T. leucaniae produced the most female progeny (87.9%). Both T. leucaniae and T. ostriniae had similar developmental times, survival rates and percentages of female progeny with 1–3-d-old eggs. These results show that T. leucaniae can parasitize host eggs at varying ages with the best development and suggest that it may be a valuable biological control agent for soybean pod borers.

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Li-Wei Song, Xuan-Ye Wen, Lian-Sheng Zang, Chang-Chun Ruan, Shu-Sen Shi, Xi-Wen Shao, and Fan Zhang "Parasitism and Suitability of Different Egg Ages of the Leguminivora glycinivorella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) for Three Indigenous Trichogramma Species," Journal of Economic Entomology 108(3), 933-939, (1 June 2015). https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/tov027
Received: 10 September 2014; Accepted: 11 January 2015; Published: 1 June 2015
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KEYWORDS
biological control
host age
Trichogramma chilonis
Trichogramma leucaniae
Trichogramma ostriniae
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