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Pesticidal effects on mortality and parasitismrates of Diadegma semiclausum, aparasitoid of the diamondback moth

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The contact and oral toxicity of fielddoses of selected pesticides against the cocoon andadult stages of a hymenopterous parasitoid Diadegma semiclausum were studied using severalbioassays. Field rates of ten pesticides wereselective to the parasitoid pupae. Fresh residue(s)of cartap, chlorfenapyr, emamectin benzoate andpermethrin were highly toxic, causing 100% mortalityof adult females in every treatment. Residual effectsof these four insecticides on cabbage foliage showedthat only cartap was highly persistent. Cartapresidues caused 100% mortality for over 30 d. In thesame assay three chitin synthesis inhibitors(chlorfluazuron, flufenoxuron and teflubenzuron) andone fungicide/bactericide (copper nonylphenolsulfonate) and two bactericides (kasugamycin andoxolinic acid) were nontoxic to adults. Effects ofcontact toxicity of chitin synthesis inhibitors andfungicides/bactericides on the untreated progeny oftreated parents was also determined: there was nosignificant difference in parasitism rates betweenprogeny of treated and untreated adults. When thefield doses of these chemicals were fed orally,mortality of female parasitoids ranged from 0% to17.23%. However, oral ingestion adversely affectedthe parasitism rate (p < 0.05) in alltreatments except oxolinic acid. Selectivity oftested pesticides against D. semiclausum andintegration of compatible pesticides with thisparasitoid for IPM of cabbage are discussed.

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  1. Laboratory of Applied Entomology and Zoology,Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

    M. Haseeb

  2. Laboratory of Applied Entomology and Zoology,Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

    H. Amano

  3. Saitama Horticultural Experiment Station, Saitama, Japan

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Haseeb, M., Amano, H. & Nemoto, H. Pesticidal effects on mortality and parasitismrates of Diadegma semiclausum, aparasitoid of the diamondback moth. BioControl 45, 165–178 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009930603601

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