Insects (2023) 14 (3 - 217)

Helter Carlos Pereira, Fabricio Fagundes Pereira, Vitor Bortolanza Insabrald, Augusto Rodrigues, Jéssica Terilli Lucchetta, Farley William Souza Silva, Winnie Cezario Fernandes, Zenilda de Fatima Carneiro, Pedro Henrique Breda Périgo and José Cola Zanuncio (2023)
Selectivity of insecticides to a pupal parasitoid, Trichospilus diatraeae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), of soybean caterpillars
Insects 14 (3 - 217)
Abstract: Selectivity is an important aspect of modern insecticides to be able to target pests whilst maintaining beneficial entomofauna in the crop. The present objective was to assess the selectivity of different insecticides for the pupal parasitoid of soybean caterpillars, i.e., Trichospilus diatraeae Cherian and Margabandhu, 1942 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Acephate, azadirachtin, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), deltamethrin, lufenuron, teflubenzuron and thiamethoxam + lambda-cyhalothrin at the highest recommended concentrations for the soybean looper Chrysodeixis includens (Walker, [1858]) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), as well as water in the control, were used against the pupal parasitoid T. diatraeae. The insecticides and the control were sprayed on the soybean leaves, which were left to dry naturally and placed in cages with T. diatraeae females in each one. Survival data were submitted to analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the means were compared using Tukey's HSD test (α = 0.05). Survival curves were plotted according to the Kaplan-Meier method, and the pairs of curves were compared using the log-rank test at 5% probability. The insecticides azadirachtin, Bt, lufenuron and teflubenzuron did not affect T. diatraeae survival, while deltamethrin and thiamethoxam + lambda-cyhalothrin presented low toxicity and acephate was highly toxic, causing 100% mortality in the parasitoid. Azadirachtin, Bt, lufenuron and teflubenzuron are selective for T. diatraeae and could be used in IPM programs.
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Database assignments for author(s): Fabricio F. Pereira, Farley William Souza Silva, José Cola Zanuncio

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.
	Chrysodeixis includens	Soybean (Glycine max)	Brazil (south)
Trichospilus diatraeae (parasitoid)	Chrysodeixis includens	Soybean (Glycine max)	Brazil (south)