Relative Attraction of Color Traps and Plant Extracts to the False Chinch Bug Nysius raphanus and Its Parasitoid, Phasia occidentis, on Brassica Crops in Colorado

The false chinch bug (FCB), Nysius raphanus (Howard) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae), is one of the most significant pests on Brassicaceae plants. Different colored traps and cups with plant extracts were tested to study attraction to FCB and its tachinid parasitoid, Phasia occidentis (Walker) (Diptera: Tach...

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Published inPhytoparasitica Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 197 - 203
Main Authors Demirel, N, Cranshaw, W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 2006
Subjects
Brassica
Brassicaceae
Diptera
Hemiptera
Lygaeidae
Nysius raphanus
Tachinidae
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Summary:The false chinch bug (FCB), Nysius raphanus (Howard) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae), is one of the most significant pests on Brassicaceae plants. Different colored traps and cups with plant extracts were tested to study attraction to FCB and its tachinid parasitoid, Phasia occidentis (Walker) (Diptera: Tachinidae). The yellow trap was the most attractive color to FCB, and the blue trap was the second. The blue trap was also the most attractive color to the tachinid parasitoid of FCB. Both species also showed attraction to crude extracts of canola and mustard oilseed.
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ISSN:0334-2123
DOI:10.1007/BF02981320