International Journal of Pest Management (2021) 67, 346-357

Aleksandar Ivezic, Paul Rugman-Jones, Thibaut Malausa, Nicolas Ris and Aleksandra Ignjatovic-Cupina (2021)
Molecular identification of Trichogramma species parasitizing Ostrinia nubilalis in corn and pepper in south–east border of Europe
International Journal of Pest Management 67 (4), 346-357
Abstract: The current study extends the faunistic survey of Trichogramma species parasitizing ECB to all agricultural growing regions in Serbia. Specimens of Trichogramma were reared from parasitized egg masses of ECB collected from field-grown corn and pepper crops. The number of egg masses parasitized varied by location. Using sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene, we examined intra and interspecific variation in Trichogramma parasitizing the ECB egg masses. Seventy specimens were successfully sequenced of which, 65 were identified as T. brassicae. The remaining five were identified as T. evanescens, and this second species was only collected from pepper.
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Database assignments for author(s): Paul F. Rugman-Jones, Nicolas Ris, Aleksandra Ignjatovic-Cupina

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
identification/taxonomy

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Ostrinia nubilalis	Maize/corn (Zea mays)	Serbia
	Ostrinia nubilalis	Green pepper/chilli (Capsicum)	Serbia
Trichogramma brassicae (parasitoid)	Ostrinia nubilalis	Maize/corn (Zea mays)	Serbia
Trichogramma evanescens (parasitoid)	Ostrinia nubilalis	Green pepper/chilli (Capsicum)	Serbia