Bulletin of Entomological Research (1994) 84, 119-122

Nedim Uygun, Çetin Sengonca, Mehmet R. Ulusoy and Ulrich Kersting (1994)
Toxicity of some pesticides to Eretmocerus debachi (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), an important parasitoid of Parabemisia myricae (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae)
Bulletin of Entomological Research 84 (1), 119-122
Abstract: The effects of nine pesticides commonly used in citrus orchards were tested on adults, larvae and pupae of the parasitoid Eretmocerus debachi Rose and Rosen in the laboratory. All pesticides caused immediate mortality to adult parasitoid females and significant losses in efficiency, if applied to larvae of E. debachi in its host Parabemisia myricae (Kuwana). Only the fungicide captan and the insecticide Mercathion (malathion) were slightly harmful and harmless to the parasitoid larva. Gramoxone (paraquat), Dursban 4 (chlopyrifos-ethyl), Mercathion and Supracide (methidathion) were harmful to E. debachi pupae, while five other pesticides were only moderately harmful or harmless.
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Database assignments for author(s): Mehmet Rifat Ulusoy, Nedim Uygun, Cetin Sengonca

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
resistance to pesticides

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Parabemisia myricae	Citrus (genus)	Turkey
Eretmocerus debachi (parasitoid)	Parabemisia myricae	Citrus (genus)	Turkey