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A glyphosate-based herbicide in a free-choice test on parasitism, emergence, and female-biased sex ratio of 10 Trichogrammatidae

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Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera) egg parasitoids are released for the fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) management, and weeds are controlled mainly with glyphosate in corn Zea mays L. (Poales: Poaceae) crops. A glyphosate-based herbicide was sprayed at 13.94 L ha−1 on eggs of the worldwide used alternative host, the Mediterranean flour moth Anagasta kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) parasitized by 10 Trichogrammatidae species, in a free-choice test. Parasitism, female emergence and female-biased sex ratio of these parasitoids were evaluated. Parasitism by Trichogramma acacioi Brun, Moraes & Soares, Trichogramma bennetti Nagaraja & Nagarkatti, Trichogramma brasiliensis Ashmead, Trichogramma galloi Zucchi, and Trichogramma pretiosum Riley was lower with glyphosate. This herbicide reduced the Trichogrammatoidea annulata de Santis, T. bennetti, Trichogramma bruni Nagaraja, Trichogramma demoraesi Nagaraja, T. galloi, and T. pretiosum female emergence. Female-biased sex ratio of T. annulata, T. bennetti, T. bruni, T. galloi, and T. pretiosum was lower with glyphosate. Glyphosate did not reduce the Trichogramma soaresi Nagaraja parasitism and female emergence, and, therefore, the use of this species has potential to be compatible with glyphosate.

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To Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG), and Programa Cooperativo sobre Proteção Florestal (PROTEF) of the Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Florestais (IPEF) for financial support.

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  1. Insetário G.W.G. de Moraes, Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, 39404-547, Brazil

    Jonas Pereira Pontes, Germano Leão Demolin Leite & Edilson Paulo Rodrigues Bispo

  2. Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd. (APRIL), PT. Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP), Pangkalan Kerinci, Riau, Sumatra, 28300, Indonesia

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  3. Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Instituto Federal do Norte de Minas Gerais, Januária, Minas Gerais, 39480-000, Brazil

    Claubert Wagner Guimarães de Menezes

  4. Departamento de Proteção Vegetal, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Botucatu, São Paulo, 18603-970, Brazil

    Carlos Frederico Wilcken

  5. Departamento de Entomologia/BIOAGRO, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-900, Brazil

    José Cola Zanuncio

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Pontes, J.P., Leite, G.L.D., Bispo, E.P.R. et al. A glyphosate-based herbicide in a free-choice test on parasitism, emergence, and female-biased sex ratio of 10 Trichogrammatidae. J Plant Dis Prot 127, 73–79 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41348-019-00277-x

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