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Age-Specific Functional Response of Aphidius matricariae and Praon volucre (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

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The green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer), is one of the most important aphid pests on pepper. Aphidius matricariae Haliday and Praon volucre (Haliday) are known as biological control agents for aphids in vegetable crops. In this research, age-specific functional responses of these two parasitoids were evaluated on different densities of 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64 green peach aphids. Type of functional response varied from type II to type III for different ages of A. matricariae, but type of functional response was not affected by female age for P. volucre. The functional response of P. volucre was determined as type II in the whole parasitoid lifetime. The searching efficiency (a), b, and handling time (T h ) were estimated using the Rogers equations. The highest searching efficiency (a) and lowest handling time were observed during the first half of lifetime of A. matricariae and P. volucre. Aphidius matricariae and P. volucre caused reasonable mortality of the green peach aphid by parasitism of 52.17 and 47.05 host aphids, respectively, in 24 h. Therefore, they are suggested as suitable candidates for control of M. persicae in pepper greenhouses.

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We would like to thank the Department of Entomology, Tarbiat Modares University, for providing financial support for this research. The authors thank two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and recommendations on the earlier version of this paper.

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    Z Tazerouni, A A Talebi & Y Fathipour

  2. Agricultural, Medical and Industrial Research School, Karaj, Iran

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Tazerouni, Z., Talebi, A.A., Fathipour, Y. et al. Age-Specific Functional Response of Aphidius matricariae and Praon volucre (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Neotrop Entomol 45, 642–651 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-016-0413-y

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