scholarly journals Parasitoids of the genus Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae), natural enemies of European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner, 1796) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 787-797
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Ivezić ◽  
Branislav Trudić
1993 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. McCloskey ◽  
J.T. Arnason ◽  
N. Donskov ◽  
R. Chenier ◽  
J. Kaminski ◽  
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Azadirachtin (AZA) is the principal insecticidal compound occurring in the oil of neem [Azadirachta indica (Juss.)] seed. Although many studies have been published (Schmutterer 1990) regarding the effects of AZA on herbivorous insects, little is known of the impact of this compound on the natural enemies of herbivores. Beckage et al. (1988) investigated the effects of injected AZA on Cotesia congregata (FAY) (Braconidae), a parasitoid of Manduca sexta (L.). Parasitoid development was retarded when injections of 2.5–10 μg AZA were administered to the host larva prior to the wasp's first larval ecdysis. The development of new neem-based insecticides in North America (Isman et al. 1991) has prompted the investigation of the effects of AZA on the natural enemies of pest insects that have ingested sublethal doses of the active compound. Our laboratory study was carried out with the ichneumonid parasitoid, Diadegma terebrans (Gravenhorst), and its host, the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hubner). AZA (>95% purity) for this study was extracted as described previously (Xie et al. 1991) from seeds collected in India.


BioControl ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 627-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie C. Lewis ◽  
Douglas V. Sumerford ◽  
Lori A. Bing ◽  
Robert D. Gunnarson

1992 ◽  
Vol 124 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucie Royer ◽  
Jeremy N. McNeil

AbstractEuropean corn borer males have hair pencils located ventrally on the 8th sternite and these are extruded when a male approaches a calling female. The fact that (i) antennectomized females mated significantly less than both intact controls and individuals subjected to other forms of surgery, and (ii) males with hair pencils removed had a significantly lower mating success than control males, suggests that a male pheromone is involved in the mating system of the European corn borer.


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