Apparent parasitism of Bemisia argentifolii (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) by Aphelinidae (Hymenoptera) on vegetable crops and associated weeds in south Florida

• Published in: Biological control Vol. 9; no. 1
• Main Authors: Stansly, P.A. (Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, FL.), Schuster, D.J, Liu, T.X
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.05.1997
• Subjects: AUXILIAIRE DE LUTTE BIOLOGIQUE; BEMISIA ARGENTIFOLII; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ORGANISMS; CROPS; CULTIVOS; DENSIDAD DE LA POBLACION; DENSITE DE POPULATION; ENCARSIA; ENEMIGOS NATURALES; ENNEMI NATUREL; ERETMOCERUS; FLORIDA; FLORIDE; HORTALIZAS (PLANTAS); HOST PLANT EFFECTS; HOST PLANTS; HOSTS; HOTE; HUESPEDES; INSECTE NUISIBLE; INSECTOS DANINOS; MALEZAS; MAUVAISE HERBE; NATURAL ENEMIES; ORGANISMOS PARA CONTROL BIOLOGICO; PARASITE; PARASITES; PARASITISM; PARASITISME; PARASITISMO; PARASITOIDE; PARASITOIDES; PARASITOIDS; PARASITOS; PEST INSECTS; PLANT EFFECTS; PLANTE DE CULTURE; PLANTE LEGUMIERE; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUGE CROPS; VEGETABLE CROPS; WEEDS
• DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1997.0504
• ISSN: 1049-9644

Apparent parasitism of silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia argentifolii Bellows and Perring, by Encarsia spp. and Eretmocerus spp. was surveyed on several crop and weed species in southern Florida from 1990 to 1995. Apparent parasitism levels varied between crops, seasons, and years, but generally were high on okra and cotton among crops, lantana and Spanish needles among weeds. E. pergandiella Howard was the most dominant parasitoid species (43.7-100%), whereas incidence of E. transvena (Timberlake), E. nigricephala Dozier, E quaintancei Howard, and Eretmocerus nr. californicus Howard varied by host plant and location. A greater proportion of B. argentifolii was parasitized by E. pergandiella on tomato than on collard and eggplant in a greenhouse choice test