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Evaluation of Aphis glycines as an Alternative Host for Supporting Aphelinus albipodus Against Myzus persicae on Capsicum annuum cv. Ox Horn and Hejiao 13

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Bank plant systems provide effective biological control for pests infesting commercially important crops. Aphids cause physical damage to crops by feeding on the leaves, as well as transmitting damaging viral diseases. To develop a bank plant system to control aphids that damage vegetable crops, we initially reared the parasitoid Aphelinus albipodus (Hayat and Fatima) on the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines (Matsumura) reared on the soybean plant, Glycine max (L.) that was elected as the alternate host. Parasitoid adults that emerged from A. glycines were allowed to parasitize second instar nymphs of the aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer) which were reared on sweet pepper and chili pepper leaves. The results showed that A. albipodus females feeding and parasitizing M. persicae nymphs reared on sweet pepper lived for 18.9 days, with an average fecundity of 337.3 progenies/female, while females feeding and parasitizing on M. persicae nymphs reared on chili pepper lived for 18.8 days, with an average fecundity of 356.2 progenies/female. There were no significant difference in the development time and reproduction of A. albipodus individuals parasitizing M. persicae nymphs reared on sweet pepper and chili pepper plants. The intrinsic rate of increase (r), net reproductive rate (R 0), net aphid killing rate (Z 0), and finite aphid killing rate (θ) of A. albipodus parasitizing sweet pepper and chili pepper M. persicae was 0.2258 days−1, 171.7 progeny adults, 222.6 aphids, and 0.4048 and 0.2295 days−1, 191.8 progeny adults, 243.3 aphids, and 0.4021, respectively. Our results suggested that A. glycines could serve as an effective alternative host for supporting A. albipodus against M. persicae infesting sweet pepper and chili pepper.

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This work was supported by the Startup Project of Doctor scientific research (4026-13480047) and the Youth Scientific Fund (2015QN029) of Henan University of Science and Technology.

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    Y Q Song, H Z Sun & X D Wang

  2. Institute of Plant Nutrition and Resource Environment, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China

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  3. Henan Tobacco Companies Luohe Branch, Luohe, People’s Republic of China

    Z J Cheng

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Song, Y.Q., Sun, H.Z., Du, J. et al. Evaluation of Aphis glycines as an Alternative Host for Supporting Aphelinus albipodus Against Myzus persicae on Capsicum annuum cv. Ox Horn and Hejiao 13. Neotrop Entomol 46, 193–202 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-016-0456-0

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