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Field evaluation of (E)-2-hexenal efficacy for behavioral manipulation of egg parasitoids in soybean

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We studied the influence of synthetic (E)-2-hexenal on the abundance of Telenominae aiming to attract parasitoids and enhance stink bug egg parasitism in treated areas. We conducted experiments in 2006, 2007 and 2008 soybean seasons with two short-term (one week) and one long-term (seven weeks) experiment, respectively. We evaluated the abundance of parasitoids with yellow sticky traps and estimated the incidence and intensity of parasitism with sentinel eggs of Euschistus heros Fabricius (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) or with tulle bags, enclosing laboratory pregnant E. heros as an egg source. In short-term experiments, there was increased abundance of Trissolcus spp. (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae: Telenominae) in treated areas, associated with greater intensity of parasitism. In long-term experiments, treatment with (E)-2-hexenal did not influence the abundance of Telenominae or parasitism levels, but increased egg predation. Applications of (E)-2-hexenal can be used to increase recruitment of Trissolcus spp. in the early flowering stages of soybean and also to attract other natural enemies, but do not increase egg parasitism.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico – CNPq (process # 480501/2008-4), Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária – Embrapa (process # 03.07.5.100) and Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Distrito Federal – FAPDF (process # 193.000.469/2008) for funding. We thank Guarino Colli and James Pitts for comments and suggestions on earlier versions of the manuscript and Hélio Moreira dos Santos for his help with fieldwork. CRV thanks CNPq for providing a dissertation fellowship (process #131208/2008-0).

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    Cecília Rodrigues Vieira, Edison Ryoiti Sujii & Raúl Alberto Laumann

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    Cecília Rodrigues Vieira, Maria Carolina Blassioli -Moraes, Miguel Borges, Carmen Silvia Soares Pires, Edison Ryoiti Sujii & Raúl Alberto Laumann

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Vieira, C.R., Blassioli -Moraes, M.C., Borges, M. et al. Field evaluation of (E)-2-hexenal efficacy for behavioral manipulation of egg parasitoids in soybean. BioControl 59, 525–537 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-014-9592-9

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