Florida Entomologist (2013) 96, 246-248

Xulin Chen, Eric Rohrig and Philip A. Stansly (2013)
Carbon dioxide anesthesia of Tamarixia radiata (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitoid of Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psyllidae)
Florida Entomologist 96 (1), 246-248
Abstract: Carbon dioxide anesthesia is a convenient tool for manipulating insects, but can cause deleterious side effects. In this case, a 5 min exposure of Tamarixia radiata adults to 100% CO₂ concentration caused a knockdown of about 4 min, significantly reduced survivorship and fecundity, but did not affect the sex ratio of progeny from treated adults. Future research will focus on using less concentrated doses or shorter exposure times to inactivate the wasps in order to improve survival and fecundity.
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Database assignments for author(s): Philip A. Stansly

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Diaphorina citri
Tamarixia radiata (parasitoid)	Diaphorina citri