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Biology and life history of Tamarixia triozae, a parasitoid of the potato psyllid Bactericera cockerelli

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Tamarixia triozae (Burks) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is an important parasitoid of the potato psyllid, Bactericera cockerelli Sulc (Hemiptera: Triozidae). We quantified the biology and life table parameters of T. triozae parasitizing B. cockerelli nymphs under laboratory conditions (26 ± 2 °C, 60 ± 10 % RH and 14:10 [L:D] h). Parasitoid developmental times were 1.5, 3.5, 5.7 days for eggs, larvae and pupae respectively, with an average of 12.0 days from egg to adult emergence. Female pupae took 0.4 day longer to develop than male pupae. Adult females lived 19.9 ± 4.5 days and had a 1.9 ± 0.8 days preoviposition period. Each female laid an average of 165.4 ± 45.2 eggs during her lifetime. The net reproductive rate (R 0 ), generation time (T), intrinsic rate of increase (r m ), doubling time (DT) and the finite rate of increase (λ) were 130.9, 18.72, 0.26, 2.7, and 1.3 respectively. The potential for the use of T. triozae as a biological control agent of B. cockerelli is discussed.

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to Yong M. Zhang for her assistance and sharing experiences in insect rearing. E. Rodriguez-Leyva and J. Refugio Lomeli-Flores thank the project INNOVAPYME-CONACYT 154411, Technological development for biological pest control in tomato and chili crops grown in protected environments allotted to Koppert Mexico S.A. de C.V., to fund research about native natural enemies. To the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT, Mexico) for a full master of science scholarship to the first author, and Consejo Mexiquense de Ciencia y Tecnología (COMECYT, Estado de Mexico) for P. Rojas writing thesis scholarship.

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    Patricia Rojas, Esteban Rodríguez-Leyva & J. Refugio Lomeli-Flores

  2. Key Laboratory of Applied Entomology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China

    Tong-Xian Liu

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Rojas, P., Rodríguez-Leyva, E., Refugio Lomeli-Flores, J. et al. Biology and life history of Tamarixia triozae, a parasitoid of the potato psyllid Bactericera cockerelli . BioControl 60, 27–35 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-014-9625-4

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