Biological Control Evaluation of the White Scale Diaspis boisduvalii Signoret, 1869 (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in Conventional Banana Cultivation

Juliet Daniela Araníbar; Bert Kohlmann; Ndonkeu Tita Walter

doi:10.37722/aahae.202041

Mass rearing and augmentative biological control evaluation ofRhynocoris fuscipes(Hemiptera: Reduviidae) against multiple pests of cotton

Pest Management Science ◽

10.1002/ps.4532 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 73 (8) ◽

pp. 1743-1752 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Majesh Tomson ◽

Kitherian Sahayaraj ◽

Vivek Kumar ◽

Pasco B Avery ◽

Cindy L McKenzie ◽

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Keyword(s):

Biological Control ◽

Mass Rearing ◽

Augmentative Biological Control ◽

Control Evaluation

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Recent trends in biological control of scale insects on fruit crops in India

Journal of Biological Control ◽

10.18311/jbc/2016/15565 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 30 (4) ◽

pp. 198

Author(s):

M. Mani

Keyword(s):

Biological Control ◽

Biocontrol Agents ◽

Scale Insects ◽

Verticillium Lecanii ◽

Fruit Crops ◽

Coccus Viridis ◽

Custard Apple ◽

Acid Lime ◽

Second Category ◽

White Scale

Scale insects are sap feeders, causing threat to the cultivation of several fruit crops. The scale insects can be grouped into two broad categories. The first group belonging to family Diaspidide, comprises many species of armoured scales (hard scales) belonging to the genera. Aonidiella, Aulacaspis, Pseudaulacaspis, Hemiberlesia, Aspidiotus, Chrysomphalus, Pinnaspis, Parlatoria etc. The second category belonging to family Coccidae comprises of the soft scales belonging to the genera Coccus, Puvinaria, Chloropulvinaria, Saisettia, Parasaisettia, Vinsonia, Drephanococcus, Ceroplastes, Ceroplastodes, etc. Scale insects are highly polyphagous, but certain species cause severe damage to specific fruit crops viz. the red scale, Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell) on citrus; latania scale, Hemieberlesia lataniae (Sign.) on grapevine.; white scale, Aulacaspis tubercularis (Newstead) on mango; green shield scale, Pulvinaria psidii (Maskell) on guava, lemon and sapota, Pulvinaria polygonata (Ckll.) on mango; green scale Coccus viridis (Green) on citrus and sapota and Drephanococcus chiton (Green) on ber and guava. Insecticides are not effective due to the presence of protective cover over the scales. On the other hand, scale insects are more amenable for biological control due to their sedentary habit and colonial distribution. Several scale insects are well regulated by the local predators. In nature, green shield scale, Pulvinaria psidii (Maskell) is kept under check by the predator, Australian ladybird beetle Cryptolaemus montouzieri Mulsant on guava, sapota and lemon. The reduction of the mango green shield scale Pulvinaria polygonata was attributed mainly to the action of the predators C. montrouzieri and Spalgis epeus Westwood. The green scale Coccus viridis on acid lime and white scale Aulacaspis tubercularis on mango are well regulated by the coccinellids Chilocorus nigrita (Fab) and C. circumdatus Sch. Local parasitoids are also known to effectively check the populations of the scale insects on different fruit crops. The encyrtid Anicetus ceylonensis How and the pteromalid Cephaleta brunniventris Motsch are responsible for the suppression of wax scale Drephanococcus chiton on ber and guava. The aphelinid parasitoid, Pteroptrix koebeli How. plays a major role in the regulation of the mango scale Aulacaspis tubercularis. On sapota, the aphelinid parasitoid Coccophagus sp. was the dominant natural enemy causing up to 95 % parasitism. Scutellista cyanea Motsch. (Pteromalidiae: Hymenoptera) was able to suppress Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner) on custard apple and pomegranate. In the absence of effective biocontrol agents in nature, parasitoids and predators have to be released in the field for obtaining an effective and quicker suppression of the scale insects. Release of adult C. nigirita was found to be effective in the control of the red scale on citrus in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Punjab. Release of C. infernalis (C.bijugus) Mulsant @ 10-20 beetles/tree once in April-May has also been recommended to reduce Sanjose scale. The white halo fungus, Lecanicillium (Verticillium ) lecanii can be sprayed at 16 x 106 spores/ml along with 0.05% of sticking agents in the evening hours at 15 days interval to control the green scale in the hilly areas during cooler months. The biocontrol agents can be integrated with plant origin insecticides as they do not affect the activity of these agents.

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Biological Control of Magnolia White Scale; Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (Cooley) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) and Yellow Tea Thrips; Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on Five Flavor Berry Orchards, using Chrysoperla nipponensis (Okamoto) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) and Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Korean Journal of Nature Conservation ◽

10.11624/kjnc.2013.7.2.142 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 142-146 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Eun Hye Ham ◽

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Young Su Lee ◽

Jun Seok Lee ◽

Jong Kyun Park

Keyword(s):

Biological Control ◽

Amblyseius Swirskii ◽

Scirtothrips Dorsalis ◽

White Scale

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Electron investigations of rhabdovirus-like particles in mexican bean beetles and crickets

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100082753 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 378-379

Author(s):

J. R. Adams ◽

G. J Tompkins ◽

A. M. Heimpel ◽

E. Dougherty

Keyword(s):

Biological Control ◽

Integrated Pest Management ◽

Pest Management ◽

Developmental Stages ◽

Management Program ◽

Acheta Domesticus ◽

Epilachna Varivestis ◽

House Cricket ◽

Similar Morphology ◽

Bean Beetle

As part of a continual search for potential pathogens of insects for use in biological control or on an integrated pest management program, two bacilliform virus-like particles (VLP) of similar morphology have been found in the Mexican bean beetle Epilachna varivestis Mulsant and the house cricket, Acheta domesticus (L. ).Tissues of diseased larvae and adults of E. varivestis and all developmental stages of A. domesticus were fixed according to procedures previously described. While the bean beetles displayed no external symptoms, the diseased crickets displayed a twitching and shaking of the metathoracic legs and a lowered rate of activity.Examinations of larvae and adult Mexican bean beetles collected in the field in 1976 and 1977 in Maryland and field collected specimens brought into the lab in the fall and reared through several generations revealed that specimens from each collection contained vesicles in the cytoplasm of the midgut filled with hundreds of these VLP's which were enveloped and measured approximately 16-25 nm x 55-110 nm, the shorter VLP's generally having the greater width (Fig. 1).

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Cost-Benefit Reasoning About Biological Control

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e652942007-001 ◽

2007 ◽

Author(s):

Andrew E. Monroe ◽

Corinne Zimmerman

Keyword(s):

Biological Control ◽

Cost Benefit

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Yellow Brazilian Pepper-tree Leaf Galler (suggested common name) Calophya latiforceps Burckhardt (Insecta: Hemiptera: Calophyidae: Calophyinae)

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-in1186-2017 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2017 (6) ◽

Author(s):

James P. Cuda ◽

Patricia Prade ◽

Carey R. Minteer-Killian

Keyword(s):

Biological Control ◽

North America ◽

Natural Enemies ◽

Host Plants ◽

Classical Biological Control ◽

Biological Control Agents ◽

Pepper Tree ◽

Brazilian Pepper ◽

Close Relatives ◽

Tree Leaf

In the late 1970s, Brazilian peppertree, Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi (Sapindales: Anacardiaceae), was targeted for classical biological control in Florida because its invasive properties (see Host Plants) are consistent with escape from natural enemies (Williams 1954), and there are no native Schinus spp. in North America. The lack of native close relatives should minimize the risk of damage to non-target plants from introduced biological control agents (Pemberton 2000). [...]

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