Egg parasitism of Lepidoptera pests (Insecta: Lepidoptera) by Trichogramma pretiosum (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
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https://doi.org/10.15517/am.v33i2.43350Keywords:
Neoleucinodes, Phthorimaea, Tuta, Trichogramma, integrated pest management, vegetable cropsAbstract
Introduction. The tomato fruit borer Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), and the leafminers Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) and Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), affect tomato production in different areas in Venezuela. The parasitism of their eggs by Trichogramma pretiosum Riley (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) is a valuable low-cost and sustainable control alternative that combined with other forms of control would be an excellent component of Integrated Pest Management. Objective. To evaluate the parasitism exerted by T. pretiosum on the lepidopteran pest populations in tomato. Materials and methods. The evaluation was carried out in all sowings between June and August 2017, from the third week after the transplant until two weeks after the last flowering, in the localities of El Pueblito, Los Ejidos del Hato, and El Vigiadero, Jiménez municipality, Lara state, Venezuela. Parasitoid adults were released and subsequently leaflets were collected to evaluate the parasitism of the eggs of the leafminer species. At the onset of fruiting, small and medium-sized fruits including the calyx were collected and carefully cut from the floral peduncle. In both cases, eggs were counted. Results. In all evaluations, a parasitism varied between 43 and 53 % for N. elegantalis, and between 16 and 48 % for leafminer species was recorded. In the laboratory, the parasitism for P. operculella and T. absoluta ranged between 88 and 84 %, when eggs were separated, when eggs were together, a higher parasitism of P. operculella eggs (76 %) versus T. absoluta (44 %) was observed. Conclusions. T. pretiosum exerted a significant parasitism on the eggs of the three-lepidopteran species in tomato crops in Venezuela.
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