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Novel Associations and Importation Biological Control: The Need for Ecological and Physiological Equivalencies

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One tactic of importation of natural enemies for biological control of stemborers and other pests is the use of parasite species that have had no previous association with the pest. This ’novel association’ approach offers the possibility of using parasites that have proven effective against a stemborer species other than the target stemborer pest. Nevertheless, creation of a novel host-parasite association requires that the novel host be ecologically and physiologically equivalent to the ancestral host. Selecting natural enemies based on ecological and physiological equivalence offers the best possibility of temporal, behavioural, nutritional and immunological compatibility in the host-parasite interaction, and reduces the chances of failure with the imported parasite species.

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Une tactique de la lutte biologique d’importation des foreurs de tiges et autres ravageurs est l’utilisation des espèces de parasites qui n’ont jamais été en contact avec le ravageur. Cette approache appelée ’nouvelle association’ offre la possibilité d’utiliser sur un foreur, des parasites dont l’éfficacité a été prouvée sur une autre. Toutefois, la création d’une nouvelle association hôte-parasite nécéssite que le nouvel hôte soit écologiquement et physiologiquement équivalent de hôte naturel du parasite. Cette double équivalence offre potentiellement une meilleure compatibilite temporelle, comportementale, nutrifionelle et immunologique à la nouvelle interaction hôte/parasite. Elle reduit aussi les possibilités d’échecs avec les espèces de parasites importées.

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Wiedenmann, R.N., Smith, J.W. Novel Associations and Importation Biological Control: The Need for Ecological and Physiological Equivalencies. Int J Trop Insect Sci 17, 51–60 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1742758400022165

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