energy budget approach for evaluating the biocontrol potential of cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii) by the ladybeetle Propylaea japonica

• Published in: Entomologia experimentalis et applicata Vol. 136; no. 1; pp. 72 - 79
• Main Authors: Gao, Feng, Jifon, John, Liu, Xiang-Hui, Ge, Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2010; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Blackwell
• Subjects: adults; Aphididae; Aphis gossypii; assimilation efficiency; Biological and medical sciences; Biological control; Cadmium; Calorimetry; Coccinellidae; Coleoptera; Control; Cotton; Crops; Data processing; developmental stages; ecological efficiency; energy; Energy budget; energy metabolism; females; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hemiptera; Ingestion; integrated pest management; IPM; Larvae; natural enemies; nymphs; Pest control; Pests; Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection; plant pests; predatory insects; Prey; Propylaea japonica; Protozoa. Invertebrates; Reproduction; Respiration; Wastes; Assimilation; Aphidoidea; Aphis gossypii; Coleoptera; Insecta; Biological control; IPM; integrated pest management; Energy budget; Predator efficiency; Coccinellidae; Pest; assimilation efficiency; Homoptera; Entomophagous; Arthropoda; Aphididae; Predator; Invertebrata; Hemiptera; ecological efficiency

Biological control of economically important crop pests is an important component of integrated pest management (IPM) strategies. Predator-prey energy relationships are critical to the success of biocontrol strategies; however, these relationships are often ignored in many IPM programs. In this stud...