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Effects of insecticides on life history parameters of the aphid parasitoidAphidius rhopalosiphi [Hym.: Aphidiidae]

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The effects of four insecticides (two organophosphates, a pyrethroid and a carbamate), applied at different dosages, on different life history parameters of the aphid parasitoidAphidius rhopalosiphi (De Stefani-Perez) were tested. The methods used simulated field conditions in the laboratory. After application on the mummies, only two treatments (parathion and the high dosage of pirimicarb) caused a significant reduction of adult hatching. Fertility and longevity of the wasps were not affected by any of the tested insecticides. Dried residues of parathion, but not of the other insecticides, killed a considerable number ofA. rhopalosiphi females. The searching behaviour of the wasps was affected by demeton-S-methyl and fenvalerate. A direct application of demeton-S-methyl, parathion, and the high dosage of pirimicarb onA. rhopalosiphi females caused high mortality.

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Les effets de quatre insecticides (deux organophosphates, un pyréthroïde et un carbamate) appliqués à différentes doses, furent testés sur certains paramètres biotiques du parasitoïde aphidiphage,Aphidius rhopalosiphi (De Stefani-Perez). Les méthodes choisies simulaient les conditions du champ dans le laboratoire. Après traitement des momies, seuls deux insecticides (parathion et le haut dosage de pirimicarb) ont pu provoquer une réduction significative de l'émergence des adultes. Par contre, leur fertilité et leur longévité ne furent pas affectées. Sur l'ensemble des insecticides, seuls les résidus de parathion provoquèrent la mort d'un nombre considérable de femelles deA. rhopalosiphi. Le comportement d'orientation des adultes fut affecté par le demethon-S-methyl et le fenvalerate. Une très forte mortalité fut causée par une application directe de demeton-S-methyl, de parathion et du haut dosage de pirimicarb sur les femelles deA. rhopalosiphi.

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Borgemeister, C., Poehling, H.M., Dinter, A. et al. Effects of insecticides on life history parameters of the aphid parasitoidAphidius rhopalosiphi [Hym.: Aphidiidae] . Entomophaga 38, 245–255 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02372560

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