Journal of Pest Science (2004) 77, 91-94
Shaaban Abd-Rabou (2004)
Biological control of Bemisia tabaci Biotype 'B' (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) by introduction, release and establishment of Eretmocerus hayati (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)
Journal of Pest Science 77 (2), 91-94
Abstract: For the biological control Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) Biotype 'B' (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) , about 200,700 individuals of the imported parasitoid Eretmocerus hayati Zolnerowich and Rose (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) were released during 2000 and 2002 on different host plants in Egypt. The average parasitism rates in different governorates on Lantana camara, Gossypium barbadence (cotton), Helianthus annus (soybean) and Solanum melongena (eggplant) were 10.3 and 14%, 16 and 11.4%, 12.9 and 8.7%, 18 and 13% during 2001 and 2002, respectively. The population of E. hayati correlated significantly with the buildup of the whitefly population in all three governorates, which indicated the establishment of the E. hayati parasitoid on these economically important crops in Egypt.
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Database assignments for author(s): Shaaban Abd-Rabou
Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
classical biocontrol/new introduction
