| Literature DB >> 17710338 |
Dirceu Pratissoli1, Ricardo A Polanczyk, Leandro P Dalvi, Alexandre F Da Silva, Débora F De Melo, Flávio N Celestino.
Abstract
Aiming to verify the presence of eggs parasitoids of the genus Trichogramma, for using in the biological control of insects pests, were collected eggs from long tailed skipper butterfly, a lepidopteran defoliator of snap beans, which presented eggs with parasitism characteristics (dark eggs). The eggs were taken to the laboratory were 44.9% of parasitism was verified. Viability was 96.3%, with an average of 6.6 individuals per egg and a sexual ratio of 0.93. Male specimens were identified as Trichogramma bruni Nagaraja. It is the first report of parasitism in this host and culture.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17710338 DOI: 10.1590/s1519-566x2007000300023
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neotrop Entomol ISSN: 1519-566X Impact factor: 1.434