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Functional response and predatory potential of coccinellid predator, Oenopia kirbyi Mulsant (Coccinellidae:Coleoptera) on rose aphid, Macrosiphum rosae L. (Aphididae: Hemiptera)

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The investigations were carried out to evaluate the predatory potential and functional response of Oenopia kirbyi Mulsant (Coccinellidae: Coleoptera) against rose aphid, Macrosiphum rosae L. (Aphididae: Hemiptera). The experiments were carried out in vitro condition at 25 ± 1 °C, 70 ± 5% R.H and 14L:10D photoperiod under laboratory conditions. The freshly emerged coccinellid larvae were reared individually in test tubes containing assorted populations of second and third instar nymphs of M. rosae. The predatory potential of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th instar coccinellid larvae was 8.70, 20.70, 28.10 and 31.40 aphids, respectively. The lifetime consumption rate of adult female was 560.16 aphids which varied from 544 to 580 aphids and adult male consumed 491 aphids which varied from 472 to 516 aphids. The predation efficiency of O. kirbyi against M. rosae increased with the developmental stage of the predator which is illustrated by parameters of attack rate (a) and handling time (Th). The predation rate (k) of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th instars and adult were 19.17, 27.69, 30.63, 32.49 and 34.27 aphids, respectively, in 24 h. The fourth instar coccinellid larvae and adults (both male and female) of O. kirbyi were recorded as voracious feeders and can successfully be exploited in interated pest management programme(IPM) against rose aphid along with other natural enemies as a biocontrol agent of M. rosae.

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Authors are thankful to the Professor and Head, Department of Entomology, Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan Himachal Pradesh, India for providing necessary facilities for carrying out this research. The first author thankful to Indian Council of Agricultural Research for providing funds in the form of Senior Research Fellowship for research. The author would like to extend special thanks to Dr. Omprakash Navik, ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, for valuable suggestions for improving the quality of this article.

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    Mahesh Balaso Gaikwad, Subhash Chander Verma, Prem Lal Sharma, Rajeshwar Singh Chandel, Nalini Challa & Panma Yankit

  2. Entomology Laboratory, Crop Production and Protection Division, CSIR- Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow - 226015, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Gaikwad, M.B., Verma, S.C., Sharma, P.L. et al. Functional response and predatory potential of coccinellid predator, Oenopia kirbyi Mulsant (Coccinellidae:Coleoptera) on rose aphid, Macrosiphum rosae L. (Aphididae: Hemiptera). Int J Trop Insect Sci 42, 2233–2239 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-022-00745-2

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