Non-target host risk assessment for the parasitoid Torymus sinensis

• Published in: BioControl (Dordrecht, Netherlands) Vol. 60; no. 5; pp. 583 - 594
• Main Authors: Ferracini, Chiara, Ferrari, Ester, Saladini, Matteo Alessandro, Pontini, Marianna, Corradetti, Marida, Alma, Alberto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.10.2015; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; Andricus; Animal Biochemistry; Animal Ecology; Behavioral Sciences; Bioassays; Biological control; biological control agents; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Castanea; Chestnut; Controlled conditions; eggs; Entomology; Females; Galls; Host range; hosts; Hymenoptera; Indigenous species; Life Sciences; Megastigmus; nontarget organisms; Oak; olfactometers; Outdoors; Oviposition; parasitoids; Permanent establishment; Plant Pathology; Quercus cerris; Risk assessment; Torymidae; Torymus; Torymus sinensis; Turkey (country); Italy; Japan; Oak gall; Risk assessment; Chestnut gall; Host specificity

Torymus sinensis Kamijo (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) has been released throughout Italy for biological control of the chestnut gall wasp. In response to concern about non-target impacts associated with the introduction of this exotic biological control agent, this study aimed at investigating T. sinensi...