First Records of Lysiphlebus fabarum and L. fritzmulleri1 in Mexico, and Impact of Insecticides on Parasitism of Melanaphis sacchari2 on Sorghum

Edgardo Cortez-Mondaca; Luis A. Rodríguez-Del-Bosque; Jesús I. Valenzuela-Hernández; Catarino E. Meza-Ramrez; Jesús Pérez-Márquez

doi:10.3958/059.045.0409

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11 January 2021 First Records of Lysiphlebus fabarum and L. fritzmulleri in Mexico, and Impact of Insecticides on Parasitism of Melanaphis sacchari on Sorghum

Edgardo Cortez-Mondaca, Luis A. Rodríguez-Del-Bosque, Jesús I. Valenzuela-Hernández, Catarino E. Meza-Ramrez, Jesús Pérez-Márquez

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Southwestern Entomologist, 45(4):921-924 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3958/059.045.0409

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The objective of the study was to identify parasitoids and amounts of parasitism of the sugarcane aphid, Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner), in 15 commercial fields of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) at Valle del Évora, near Guamúchil, Sinaloa, during the spring growing season of 2020. Three braconid parasitoids emerged from M. sacchari: Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Cresson), L. fabarum (Marshall), and L. fritzmulleri, with the latter two species being first reports for Mexico. Significantly less parasitism (52%) was observed in fields treated with sulfoxaflor, as compared to parasitism (93%) in nontreated fields.

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Edgardo Cortez-Mondaca, Luis A. Rodríguez-Del-Bosque, Jesús I. Valenzuela-Hernández, Catarino E. Meza-Ramrez, and Jesús Pérez-Márquez "First Records of Lysiphlebus fabarum and L. fritzmulleri in Mexico, and Impact of Insecticides on Parasitism of Melanaphis sacchari on Sorghum," Southwestern Entomologist 45(4), 921-924, (11 January 2021). https://doi.org/10.3958/059.045.0409

Published: 11 January 2021

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