Consumo y respuesta funcional de Nesidiocoris tenuis Reuter (Hemiptera: Miridae) frente a estadios inmaduros de Bemisia tabaco Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

Revista de Proteccion Vegetal

Baños, Heyker L.¹  Miranda Cabrera, Ileana¹  del Toro Benitez, Marbely¹  Ruiz Gil, Tay² 

[1] Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria (CENSA), San José de las Lajas, Cuba;Universidad de la Habana (UH), Cuba

关键词: biological control;    Cuba;    mirid;    whitefly;    tomatoes.;   

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学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria

【 摘 要 】

To determine the capacity of Nesidiocoris tenuis Reuter to regulate populations of Bemisia tabaci Gennadius biotype B, the consumption and functional response of the predator to eggs and nymphs of the pest were evaluated on tomato plants as a substrate under laboratory conditions. This predator showed a higher preference for nymphs (α = 0.6) than for eggs. The average of whitefly eggs and nymphs consumed by the mirid in one day was 100 and 192, respectively. The functional response of N. tenuis females to nymphs described a sigmoid curve, which could be classified as type III. The females of N. tenuis were voracious predators for the immature stages of B. tabaci, which makes this natural enemy a viable alternative for the current biological control methods in tomato in Cuba

【 授权许可】

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