BioControl ( IF 2.2 ) Pub Date : 2022-08-21 , DOI: 10.1007/s10526-022-10158-2 Andrea Verónica Andorno , Carmen M. Hernández , Eliana M. Cuello , Cynthia L. Cagnotti , Eduardo N. Botto , Silvia N. López
In Argentina, a classical biological control program for the Eucalyptus bronze bug, Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Carpintero & Dellapé), with the egg parasitoid Cleruchoides noackae Lin & Huber (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) was initiated in 2014. Parasitized eggs of the pest were imported from Uruguay, and a founder colony was established under laboratory conditions. From April 2014 onwards, field releases of adult C. noackae were carried out on eucalypt trees in experimental and commercial plantations in five sites. Then, establishment and parasitism rates were analyzed through sampling of T. peregrinus eggs in spring–summer 2015 to 2020. The parasitoid was recovered in four out of the five sites studied. Four years after the parasitoid had been released, the parasitism rate reached 40% on average. This result confirmed that C. noackae was established in the field, potentially providing a tool for the biological control of T. peregrinus.
中文翻译:
阿根廷桉树青铜虫 Thaumastocoris peregrinus(半翅目:Thaumastocoridae)的生物防治:引入的卵寄生蜂 Cleruchoides noackae(膜翅目:Mymaridae)的释放和恢复
在阿根廷,2014 年启动了针对桉树青铜虫Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Carpintero & Dellapé) 和卵寄生蜂Cleruchoides noackae Lin & Huber (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)的经典生物防治计划。该害虫的寄生卵从乌拉圭进口,并在实验室条件下建立了创始菌落。从 2014 年 4 月起,在五个地点的试验和商业种植园的桉树上进行成年C. noackae的野外释放。然后,通过对游隼取样分析建立率和寄生率2015 年至 2020 年春夏期间的卵。在所研究的五个地点中有四个发现了寄生蜂。寄生蜂被释放四年后,平均寄生率达到40%。这一结果证实了C. noackae已在田间建立,可能为T. peregrinus的生物防治提供了一种工具。